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CRUSADERS. Antioch. Raymond-Roupen, 1216-1219. Denier (Silver, 18 mm, 1.00 g, 9 h). ✠ R:V.P:I:N:V.S Helmeted head of a knight to left flanked by crescent and five-pointed star. Rev. ✠ AMTIOCHIA Cross pattée in center; in upper right field, crescent downward. CCS 95a. Metcalf, Crusades, -. Wäckerlin -. Good very fine.
Raymond-Roupen was a son of Alice of Armenia and Raymond IV of Antiochia, who, with the help of his grand-uncle Levon I of Armenia, overthrew Bohémond IV in 1216. However, when Levon I died three years later, Bohémond returned and Raymond-Roupen, who had sought refuge in the citadel of Antioch, fled to Cilicia after handing the fortress over to the Hospitallers. There he claimed the vacant Cilician throne, but he was captured with his mother in Tarsus by Constantine of Baberon, the regent for Queen Isabella, who was Levon's infant daughter and successor. The unlucky prince Raymond-Roupen died in Cilician captivity somewhat later, either in 1221 or 1222.
Raymond-Roupen was a son of Alice of Armenia and Raymond IV of Antiochia, who, with the help of his grand-uncle Levon I of Armenia, overthrew Bohémond IV in 1216. However, when Levon I died three years later, Bohémond returned and Raymond-Roupen, who had sought refuge in the citadel of Antioch, fled to Cilicia after handing the fortress over to the Hospitallers. There he claimed the vacant Cilician throne, but he was captured with his mother in Tarsus by Constantine of Baberon, the regent for Queen Isabella, who was Levon's infant daughter and successor. The unlucky prince Raymond-Roupen died in Cilician captivity somewhat later, either in 1221 or 1222.