Holy Gold - Crusader Kingdom Of Jerusalem

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Ancientnoob Pillar of the Community United States 5155 Posts	Posted 05/14/2016 5:27 pm With the capture of the Holy Land in AD 1099 in the First Crusade, a small occidental force ruled over the numerous Christian, Jewish and Muslim population for nearly 250 years. The history of the Kingdom of Jerusalem is divided into two distinct periods the first from AD 1099 until the destruction of the city my Saladin in AD 1187. The second kingdom was reestablished in Acre until that cities capture and destruction by the Mamlukes in AD 1291. Through out the period of the first Kingdom of Jerusalem Acre was the principle mint of coins, while Tyre and Jerusalem minted sporadically, the of give us no information of date or mint. The Christian Crusaders minted several different coins of which I now possess two of the types. A small billon dener with the Tower David, and now this rather large gold piece imitating the coinage of the Fatimid Caliphate who had ruled the Levant from Cairo in Egypt. The gold coin is referred to as a Bezant, literally meaning a gold coin of Byzantium. Crusader States Kingdom of Jerusalem Akka(?) Anonymous Second Phase Imitating Fatimid Dinars of Al-Amir AV Bezant (Dinar) (s. AD 1148-1187) 22.5 mm x 3.87 grams Obverse: Blundered Arabic Legend. Reverse: Blundered Arabic Legend. Ref: Album- 730 Report this Post to the Staff

Kamnaskires Pillar of the Community United States 7066 Posts	Posted 05/14/2016 6:52 pm Wow! More nice gold to go with your Kushan and Axumite. Excellent coin! Report this Post to the Staff
Ancientnoob Pillar of the Community United States 5155 Posts	Posted 05/14/2016 6:58 pm One gold not pictured here will knock your socks off and now hold the highest and most expensive position in my collection...you just wait. Report this Post to the Staff
Kamnaskires Pillar of the Community United States 7066 Posts	Posted 05/14/2016 6:59 pm Looking forward to seeing it! Report this Post to the Staff
echizento Moderator United States 23731 Posts	Posted 05/14/2016 7:52 pm Beautiful and historic coin. Would love to have one of these. Report this Post to the Staff
Spence Moderator United States 34428 Posts	Posted 05/14/2016 10:15 pm Am barefoot already "If you climb a good tree, you get a push." -----Ghanaian proverb "The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed." -----King Adz Report this Post to the Staff
sel_69l Bedrock of the Community Australia 21788 Posts	Posted 05/15/2016 12:29 am They were made to resemble Islamic dinars, so that they could be traded alongside them. Even today most countries that are opposed to each other are happy to trade with each other. Report this Post to the Staff
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