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CRUSADERS, Antioch. Bohémond III. 1163-1201. BI Denier (18.5mm, 0.92 g, 3h). Class Cb. Antioch mint. Struck circa 1163-1188. + BOAИVИDVS
, helmeted head left; crescent to left, star to right; upper bar of A decorated with annulets; S decorated with pellets / + ANTIOCHIA, cross pattée; crescent in second quarter. Grierson, Coins of Medieval Europe 229; Metcalf, Crusades 381-2; cf. CCS 25. Toned, minor flan split. EF. Attractive for issue.
From the Richard A. Jourdan Collection of Medieval European Coins. Ex Pegasi IV (25 September 2000), lot 874.
Among the most distinctive of all Crusader denier issues is that of Bohemund III of Antioch and his successors which bears on the obverse 'a bust wearing a conical helm with a long nose-defence' and shirt of chain mail. Grierson, p.102.
, helmeted head left; crescent to left, star to right; upper bar of A decorated with annulets; S decorated with pellets / + ANTIOCHIA, cross pattée; crescent in second quarter. Grierson, Coins of Medieval Europe 229; Metcalf, Crusades 381-2; cf. CCS 25. Toned, minor flan split. EF. Attractive for issue.
From the Richard A. Jourdan Collection of Medieval European Coins. Ex Pegasi IV (25 September 2000), lot 874.
Among the most distinctive of all Crusader denier issues is that of Bohemund III of Antioch and his successors which bears on the obverse 'a bust wearing a conical helm with a long nose-defence' and shirt of chain mail. Grierson, p.102.