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Finally picked up a couple of humble crusader states coins from the Principality of Antioch. The first is very "Byzantiney" with the facing bust a Greek legend.  Tancred, AE follis, 1101-1112 AD. Antioch. O: Nimbate St. Peter R: Greek legend " Lord help thy servant Tancred" 5.2 g, 23 mm While this one is more in the style of a European silver penny...  Bohemund III, 1163-1201 AD, AR Silver denier O: Helmeted, mailed bust, +BOAMVNDVS R: Cross with crescent, +ANTIOCHIA 18 mm, 1.2 g I always liked the soldier in mail with the helmet on these. If anyone would like to show their crusader state coins, I would enjoy seeing them! Edited by chrsmat71
02/23/2026 5:06 pm
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 Crusader States, Antioch (Principality). Tancred, as Regent (1101-1112)AE Follis (3.43g, 21mm). bust of Tancred facing, bareheaded and holding sword / Cross pommetee, fleuronnee at base; in quarters, IC-XC across upper quarters, NI-KA across lower quarters. Metcalf, Crusades 1995, 63-70; Malloy, Coins of the Crusader States 4a. Overstruck on previous issue |
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Love them @chrs (and @vic). A while back we had a whole thread devoted to the coins of the crusader states: https://goccf.com/t/285873Perhaps it is about time for a v2.  "If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
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Thanks jbuck, you're always ver encouraging here!
That's a great Tancred Vic!
Hey Spence, I went back and check that thread out, it was pretty awesome. Nice summary of the crusader states and rulers also!
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The first is very "Byzantiney" with the facing bust a Greek legend. Though St. Peter is the antithesis of a "Byzantiney" saint  Quote:
That's a great Tancred Vic!  Antioch, Roger of Salerno 1112-1119, bronze follis, CCS 9 (my coin, but CNG's photos):  Copyright Classical Numismatic Group 2024 It took a bunch of Norman knights to create St. George's western iconography as (of course) a knight. The beginning of 900+ years of coins with St. George on horseback. Edited by tdziemia
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Cilician Armenia 1198-1219 1 Tram That's a beauty! There is one type from that issuer on my radar as fitting one of my collecting themes. Only other Crusader State coin I have is the first medieval I ever owned. I don't know how old I was when I fished this out of a 25c or 50c bin at the Gimbels stamp & coin department in Paramus, NJ (remember when department stores had stamp & coin departments?). Maybe 12 or so? It sat in a 2x2 marked as unidentified French denier tournois for over 40 years until I developed some skill in reading medieval legends and figured out it was a Duchy of Athens denier tournois, probably Guy II de la Roche.   |
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Here is a mid-14th Century Gros from the Kingdom of Cyprus (CCS 76):   "If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
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Thanks for showing your cool coins tdzeimia and keith!
That's a great looking silver also Spence!!!!
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Here is a mid-14th Century Gros from the Kingdom of Cyprus (CCS 76): Excellent! |
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I bought an Ike or two at a Sears. I bought my very first ancient coin from Sears in Vancouver when I was ten. Anyhow, back on topic... I own several Crusader States coins, including one of those imitation-Islamic-style dirhams that (allegedly) bears an AD date (not unlike this example on CNG) - though mine is so badly mis-struck and clipped, I can't read it. The "knight of Antioch" denier image that's one of the options in the generic avatars on this forum is also one of mine:  Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis
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I wish my knight was a sharp as your Sap, looks good! The cross kind of wiped out my guys face.
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@chrsmat71, as you pointed out in your original post, the cool thing about Crusader States is the cultural melange behind the coin designs: French inspired, Byzantine inspired, and as Sap points out, Islamic inspired.
The same thing was playng out in "Sicily" (geographically Sicily, Apulia and Calabria) around the same time, mid-11th to early 13th century. It's just lacking the "romance" of the Crusades.
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