Watch List notes:

CRUSADERS. Edessa. Baldwin II, second reign, 1108-1118. Follis (Bronze, 24 mm, 4.42 g, 6 h). [ΒΑΓΔΟΙNΟC ΔΟΥ CTAΥ] ('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 with scroll at base within outer circle; in each angle of the cross, pellet. Malloy 9a. Metcalf 111. Porteous 8. Minor cleaning scratches and with some flan faults, otherwise, nearly very fine.


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