CRUSADERS. Antioch. Anonymous. 1120-1140. Æ fractional denier. .5 gm. 14 mm. The city walls of Antioch, with gate and three towers / AN / TIOC / HIA in three lines; three annulets above and below. CCS 13b. Metcalf, Crusades 463. Schlumberger pl III, 12. Wäckerlin 116. Very Fine; green patina with earthen contrast. Very Rare.

Pierced to be used as a pendant.

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.