Watch List notes:

CRUSADERS. Edessa. Baldwin II, second reign, 1108-1118. Follis (Bronze, 24 mm, 3.91 g). ΒΑΓΔΟΙ[NΟC ΔΟΥ C]TAΥ ('Baldwin, Servant of the Cross' in Greek) Count Baldwin II, dressed in chain-armour and conical helmet, standing front, head to left, holding cross in his right hand and placing his left on the hilt of his sword. Rev. Cross fleuronnée within outer circle, pellet in each angle of the cross. Malloy 9a. Metcalf 111. Porteous 8. Somewhat bent along edge and with some earthen deposits, otherwise, very fine.


From a collection of Arab-Byzantine and Crusader coins, formed in the 1990s.