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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Medieval & Modern Coins| > |Crusaders| > CR111853
Crusaders, County of Edessa, Richard of Salerno, Regent, Winter 1104 - 1108 A.D.
|Crusaders|, |Crusaders,| |County| |of| |Edessa,| |Richard| |of| |Salerno,| |Regent,| |Winter| |1104| |-| |1108| |A.D.|, Richard of Salerno fought in the First Crusade and was governor of the County of Edessa from 1104 to 1108. He was one of the many nephews of Robert Guiscard and Roger I of Sicily and participated with his famous uncles in the conquest of Sicily. In 1097, Richard joined his cousins, Bohemund of Taranto and Tancred, on the First Crusade. Richard and Tancred were among the few Crusaders who could speak Arabic, an ability doubtlessly learned during the wars in Sicily, which had a strong Arab presence. When Richard crossed the Adriatic, his ship was captured by the Byzantine fleet, who had mistaken him for a pirate. He was released and joined the Crusader army. Richard was a commander at the Battle of Dorylaeum and the siege of Antioch. He was captured by the Danishmends with Bohemund in 1100. Sent to the emperor Alexius, he was imprisoned in Constantinople until 1103. His cousin Tancred appointed him governor of Edessa in 1104, where he ruled until 1108, bitterly hated by the citizens for being ruthless and greedy. He participated in the disastrous campaigns Bohemund waged against the Alexius. After Bohemund's death in 1111, Richard retired to Marash, where he died in the great earthquake of 1114.
CR111853. Bronze follis, Malloy CCS p. 242, 5; Schlumberger pl. II, 3; Porteous 4; Wäckerlin 163; Metcalf Crusades -, gF, green patina, light earthen deposits, scratches, overstruck, edge split, Edessa (Urfa, Turkey) mint, weight 5.451g, maximum diameter 25.1mm, obverse KE- / BOHΘ / PIKAP/ΔW (Greek: Lord, help Richard) in four lines; reverse large cross potent, globule at the end of each arm, wedges in angles; ex Leu Numismatik web auction 19 (26 Feb 2022), lot 3485; very rare; SOLD











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