CRUSADERS. Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem. Imitation Bezants, 11th-12th centuries. Bezant (Gold, 23 mm, 3.54 g, 10 h), imitating a dinar of the Fatimid caliphal-Amir bi-Ahkam Allah (AH 495-524 = AD 1101-1130). Crude second phase imitation, issued between 1150 and the fall of Jerusalem after the battle of the Horns of Hattin in 1187. Pseudo-Kufic legend in inner field and outer margins. Rev. Pseudo-Kufic legend in inner field and outer margins. CCS 4. Wäckerlin, 195. Minor edge crack, otherwise, good very fine.
From the collection of J. Knudsen, formed from the late 1970s to the late 1990s.