Naville Numismatics Ltd.
Auction 54 15 Dec 2019
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Crusaders. Acre, The Kingdom of Jerusalm. Jean de Brienne, King of Jerusalem, 1210-1212 Dragma or Dirhem or Gros circa 1212-1217, AR 21.8mm., 2.80g. Cross pattée with pellet in the second and third quarter. Rev. The Holy Sepulcher. Ash. P. 74. CSS 42. Schl. Pl. III, 30. Slocum 281.
Extremely rare and in excptional condition for the issue. Extremely Fine.
The silver issues of Jean de Brienne are notoriously rare and must have been produced as an experimental large denomination that was not accepted by the populace. When it was minted is uncertain as well, but Metcalf, Ash. P. 74, suggests that it may have been struck after 1212, but before the ill-fated attempt of the Fifth Crusade to take Egypt in 1217. This coin would have undoubtedly been seen and used by the Hospitallers.
Extremely rare and in excptional condition for the issue. Extremely Fine.
The silver issues of Jean de Brienne are notoriously rare and must have been produced as an experimental large denomination that was not accepted by the populace. When it was minted is uncertain as well, but Metcalf, Ash. P. 74, suggests that it may have been struck after 1212, but before the ill-fated attempt of the Fifth Crusade to take Egypt in 1217. This coin would have undoubtedly been seen and used by the Hospitallers.