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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Medieval & Modern Coins| > |Crusaders| > ME65324
Crusaders, County of Edessa, Baldwin II, Second Reign, 1108 - 1118
|Crusaders|, |Crusaders,| |County| |of| |Edessa,| |Baldwin| |II,| |Second| |Reign,| |1108| |-| |1118|, Baldwin II was count of Edessa, 1100 - 1118, and king of Jerusalem, 1118 - 1131. He fought in the first crusade, including the capture of Bethlehem and Jerusalem. He was an incessant warrior under whom Latin domination in the East reached its greatest expanse, the crusaders controlled and took tolls on the most important trade routes, and the power of Crusaders reached its utmost height.
ME65324. Bronze follis, cf. Malloy CCS p. 241, 1b (Baldwin I, heavy series, letters in angles); Metcalf Crusades -, VF, nice desert patina, overstruck on polygonal clipped follis, Edessa (Urfa, Turkey) mint, weight 4.489g, maximum diameter 26.8mm, die axis 0o, 2nd reign, 1108 - 1118; obverse nimbate bust of Christ facing, holding book of Gospels, IC - XC (Greek abbreviation: Ihsoús Xristós - Jesus Christ) flanking at neck; reverse thin cross, wedge in each angle, BΛΔN around with one letter at the end of each arm of the cross (a cruciform monogram); ex "The John Slocum Collection of Coins of the Crusades" Sotheby's Catalogue 1997, lot 170 (part of); unique(?); SOLD











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