Watch List notes:

CRUSADERS. Edessa. Baldwin II, second reign, 1108-1118. Follis (Bronze, 22 mm, 4.42 g, 12 h). Count Baldwin II, dressed in chain-armour and conical helmet, standing front, head to left, holding long cross in his right hand and shield with his left. Rev. Small cross in center surrounded by B/A/Δ/N. Malloy 11. Metcalf 113. Porteous 8. Attractive earthen highlights on a dark patina. Traces of overstriking and minor cleaning scratches, otherwise, very fine.


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