Crusader States, Edessa (County). Baldwin I or Baldwin II Æ Follis. 1098-1100 or 1100-1104. Half-length bust of Christ, nimbate, raising hand in benediction / Large cross pattée on two steps; B-Λ-Δ-N in quarters. Metcalf, Crusades 1995, p. 33, Baldwin Class 1 = J. Porteous, The early coinage of the counts of Edessa, NC 1975, pp. 177-8, pl. 14; CCS 1a. 12.27g, 27mm, 6h.
Good Fine. Extremely Rare.
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 85, 17 June 2021, lot 2814.