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Unknown Bracteate, Possibly Early French: Id: Henry I Of Cyprus, Crusader States

 
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 Posted 12/10/2022  12:46 pm Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add oriole to your friends list Get a Link to this Message
The style appears to be early French, but I am having trouble reading the inscriptions.

Weight 0.38 grams
Diameter: 16 millimeters



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12/10/2022 3:33 pm
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 Posted 12/10/2022  1:30 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Kamnaskires to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Reverse gateway is upside-down, I believe. Have you tried Cyprus/Lusignan Kingdom?
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 Posted 12/10/2022  1:35 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add erafjel to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Crusader coin, Henry I, king of Cyprus, I think. Something like this: https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces124703.html
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Bob L was a tad faster!
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Thanks, as always. Re: the upside down gate, if I had known it was a gate it might have been right-side up!
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Given that the weight of my coin is about 1/2 that of a denier, what does that mean? Were their 1/2 denier coins or is this just a seriously underweight/ clipped/ worn example?
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Generally there were half deniers as well, called obols. I don't know whether Henry I minted obols, or if this is underweight (it is possibly clipped a bit, but not enough to cut away half its weight I think).
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