CRUSADERS. Duchy of Athens. Guy II de la Roche. 1287-1308. Billon denier tournois. .89 gm. 19 mm. Thebes mint. + :GVI: DVX: ATЄNЄS: around cross pattée / + :THЄBANI: CIVIS: around châtel tournois. CCS 96. Metcalf, Crusades 1075-1076. Tzamalis Φ 87. Wäckerlin 429. Good Very Fine; handsome old toning (nicer in hand than in photo); slight double striking on reverse.

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.