CRUSADERS. Edessa. Baldwin II. Second reign, 1108-1118. Æ follis. 2.36 gm. 23 mm. Baldwin II standing facing, wearing armor and conical helmet, holding long cross and resting hand on shield set on ground; B/Δ-H/N flanking / B A Δ N around small cross. CCS 11. Metcalf, Crusades 113. Schlumberger pl. 1, 11. Slocum 26. Wäckerlin 179-181. Very Fine; cleaned with red surfaces; overstruck on a follis of the same ruler, as is typical.

The Crusades were a series of military campaigns largely designed by Christians to recover the Holy Land from Islamic rule. Eight major expeditions occurred primarily between 1096 and 1291.