Watch List notes:

CRUSADERS. County of Tripoli. Bohémond IV of Antioch to Bohémond VII, 1187-1287. Bezant (Electrum, 22 mm, 3.18 g, 2 h), imitating a dinar of the Fatimid caliph al-Mustansir, crude third phase imitation, perhaps issued during the 1240s and 1250s. Large B flanked by pellets above Pseudo-Kufic legend; in outer margin, Pseudo-Kufic legend. Rev. Large T flanked by pellets above Pseudo-Kufic legend and small cross in the second line of inscription; in outer margin, Pseudo-Kufic legend. Malloy 8. Metcalf 489. Very fine.


The third phase imitations have the letters B on the obverse and T on the reverse, which perhaps stand for Bohemund and Tripoli respectively.