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CRUSADERS, Latin Patriarchs of Antioch. Aimery. 1142-1194. PB Seal (35mm, 31.36 g, 12h). + AIMЄRICVS PATRIARCH ANTIOCЄNVS, facing bust, holding cross-tipped scepter and raising hand in benediction / + SIGILLVM SANCTI PЄTRI APOSTOLI, nimbate facing bust of St. Peter. Schlumberger, Sigill. p. 87, 38. Tan patina. VF. Rare.
From the Peter J. Merani Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 66 (19 May 2004), lot 1833.
With the founding of the first Crusader state at Edessa in 1098, the European system of feudal administration was transfered to principalities of the East. Both feudal lords and the lords of the Catholic Church set up hierarchies to defend and govern the new territories. These offices and the functionaries who manned them used the traditional method of identifying themselves by the use of seals on official documents. These seals are valuable historical documents in themselves, in many cases providimg the sole contemporary evidence for these feudal lords and leaders of the church.
From the Peter J. Merani Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 66 (19 May 2004), lot 1833.
With the founding of the first Crusader state at Edessa in 1098, the European system of feudal administration was transfered to principalities of the East. Both feudal lords and the lords of the Catholic Church set up hierarchies to defend and govern the new territories. These offices and the functionaries who manned them used the traditional method of identifying themselves by the use of seals on official documents. These seals are valuable historical documents in themselves, in many cases providimg the sole contemporary evidence for these feudal lords and leaders of the church.