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Coins of the Holyland Crusaders
Crusaders, Principality of Antioch, Bohemond III, 1163 - 1201

|Crusaders|, |Crusaders,| |Principality| |of| |Antioch,| |Bohemond| |III,| |1163| |-| |1201||denier|

Cover Coin - book cover coin for Malloy, Preston and Seltman's Coins of the Crusader States.

From the collection of Alex G. Malloy, former dealer for 40 years. Ex A.J. |Seltman| Collection.

crusader book
SH45453. Billon denier, Malloy CCS p.211, 53b (book cover coin), Choice EF, weight 0.994 g, maximum diameter 17.3 mm, die axis 135o, Antioch (Antakya, Turkey) mint, obverse + BOAMVNDVS, elongated bearded head right wearing helmet and chain-mail, crescent left, star right, A ornamented with pellets; reverse + AMTIOCNIA (sic), cross pattée, crescent in upper right angle, A's ornamented with pellets; buyer will receive a free copy of Coins of the Crusader States signed by Alex Malloy; scarce; SOLD


Crusaders, Kingdom of Jerusalem, Baldwin III, 1143 - 1163

|Malloy| |Crusader| |Collection|, |Crusaders,| |Kingdom| |of| |Jerusalem,| |Baldwin| |III,| |1143| |-| |1163||cut| |fragment|
This is the plate coin in Malloy, Preston and Seltman's Coins of the Crusader States.

From the collection of Alex G. Malloy, former dealer for 40 years and co-author of "Coins of the Crusader States." Ex CNA IV mail bid sale, lot 400816, 21 Sep 1988.
SH32094. Gold cut fragment, Malloy CCS p. 84, 59 & pl. 1, 59 (this coin), VF, weight 0.623 g, maximum diameter 10.7 mm, Jerusalem mint, obverse LE + C, six-pointed star pattern; reverse V : S, multifoil; SOLD


Crusaders, Principality of Antioch, Raymond Roupen or Later, Anonymous Gate Series, 1216 - 1268

|Malloy| |Crusader| |Collection|, |Crusaders,| |Principality| |of| |Antioch,| |Raymond| |Roupen| |or| |Later,| |Anonymous| |Gate| |Series,| |1216| |-| |1268||AE| |18|
From the collection of Alex G. Malloy, former dealer for 40 years and co-author of Coins of the Crusader States.

Ex John J. Slocum Collection. Mr. Slocum was in the American diplomatic service in the Holy Land where he collected rare and unique coins in the early 1960's.

Antioch existed for over 1500 years, was one of the three most important cities in the ancient world, and in the 1st century had a population of about 500,000 (not counting women and slaves). On 18 May 1268, Antioch surrendered to Baibars on the condition that the lives of the citizens would be spared. As soon as his troops were within the gates, Baibars ordered the gates shut and brutally massacred everyone in the city. Lamenting that Antioch's ruler had not been present either for the siege or the ransacking and murder, Baibars wrote a detailed letter describing exactly what had been done, concluding with the phrase, "Had you been there, you would have wished you had never been born."

SH32272. Bronze AE 18, Malloy CCS -, Metcalf Crusades -; See Malloy CCS p. 196 ff. for discussion of the Anonymous Gate Series, F, weight 1.557 g, maximum diameter 18.1 mm, Antioch (Antakya, Turkey) mint, obverse gate containing pellets, four horizontal bars and four vertical bars; reverse six spoked wheel wending in center with each spoke ending in the center with an annulet; unique!; SOLD


Crusaders, Principality of Antioch, Late Anonymous, 1250 - 1268

|Malloy| |Crusader| |Collection|, |Crusaders,| |Principality| |of| |Antioch,| |Late| |Anonymous,| |1250| |-| |1268||pougeoise|
From the collection of Alex G. Malloy, former dealer for 40 years and co-author of Coins of the Crusader States. See Malloy Crusaders p. 197 for a discussion of the late anonymous series.

Ex John J. Slocum Collection. Mr. Slocum was in the American diplomatic service in the Holy Land where he collected rare and unique coins in the early 1960's.

Antioch existed for over 1500 years, was one of the three most important cities in the ancient world, and in the 1st century had a population of about 500,000 (not counting women and slaves). On 18 May 1268, Antioch surrendered to Baibars on the condition that the lives of the citizens would be spared. As soon as his troops were within the gates, Baibars ordered the gates shut and brutally massacred everyone in the city. Lamenting that Antioch's ruler had not been present either for the siege or the ransacking and murder, Baibars wrote a detailed letter describing exactly what had been done, concluding with the phrase, "Had you been there, you would have wished you had never been born."

FORVM has three examples of this type from the Malloy Collection. This particular coin is a unique variant. The other two examples have a small T above H, missing on this coin. No other examples are known and the type is otherwise unknown to modern numismatics. Historically of great importance, these coins were minted in the last throngs of the city of Antioch as it was dying.

SH32084. Bronze pougeoise, unpublished and historically important, unique variant of type with only three known, Malloy CCS -, Metcalf Crusades -, aVF, weight 0.774 g, maximum diameter 14.7 mm, die axis 45o, obverse hexagram, AN (Antioch) monogram in center; reverse hexagram, ΠP monogram in center (uncertain meaning, perhaps the moneyers name or the ruling Crusaders at this time but interestingly in Greek not Latin); of great rarity; SOLD


Crusaders, Principality of Antioch, Tancred, Regent, March 1101 - May 1103 and Late 1104 - December 1112

|Crusaders|, |Crusaders,| |Principality| |of| |Antioch,| |Tancred,| |Regent,| |March| |1101| |-| |May| |1103| |and| |Late| |1104| |-| |December| |1112||follis|
Tancred, a Norman leader of the 1st Crusade, became Prince of Galilee and regent of the Principality of Antioch when his uncle Bohemund was taken prisoner. He later took the County of Edessa when Baldwin II was captured, but Baldwin was released, defeated him and took it back. Tancred was made regent of Antioch again when Bohemund went to Europe to recruit more Crusaders. Tancred refused to honor a treaty in of fealty to the Byzantine Emperor, making Antioch independent, and ruled until his death in a typhoid epidemic.
CR98521. Bronze follis, Metcalf Crusades pl. 5, 81; Malloy CCS p. 199, 5; Schlumberger pl. II, 8, VF, overstruck on previous follis, weight 4.911 g, maximum diameter 25.3 mm, die axis 180o, Antioch (Antakya, Turkey) mint, obverse facing bust of Christ, wears nimbus cruciger ornamented with one pellet in each limb of cross, pallium, and colobium, Gospels in both hands, IC - XC (Greek abbreviation: IΗΣOúΣ XPIΣTOΣ - Jesus Christ) across field; reverse cross pommée, fleuronnée at base, TA-NK/P-H in quarters, parts of inscription of undertype visible; ex Leu Numismatik auction 16 (22 May 2021), lot 4205; SOLD


Crusaders, Kingdom of Jerusalem (Acre), 1268 - 1291

|Malloy| |Crusader| |Collection|, |Crusaders,| |Kingdom| |of| |Jerusalem| |(Acre),| |1268| |-| |1291||AE| |19|
From the collection of Alex G. Malloy. Ex Paul Balog Collection. Ex John J. Slocum Collection. Mr. Slocum was in the American diplomatic service in the Holy Land and collected rare and unique coins in the early 1960's.

On October 2, 1187, Jerusalem was surrendered to Saladin. the Sultan agreed to a ransom of ten bezants for men, five for women, and one for children. Those who could not pay were to be sold into slavery. Henry II of England's treasury in Jerusalem, established for his use in a pilgrimage or crusade which never came to pass, was used to purchase the freedom of many of the poor but at least 3000 inhabitants were enslaved. The ransomed marched away in three columns. Some went first to Tripoli, where they were denied entrance and were robbed. Many went to Antioch, Cilicia, and Byzantium. Others went to Egypt, and were permitted to board ships heading for Europe.

For the next 100 years the Kingdom of Jerusalem, its capital now at Acre, clung to life controlling most of the coastline of present day Israel and southern and central Lebanon, including Ascalon, Jaffa, Arsuf, Caesarea, Tyre, Sidon, Beirut, some interior fortresses, and suzerainty over Tripoli and Antioch.

In 1291, Acre, the last major Crusader stronghold, was taken by Sultan Al-Ashraf Khalil. He was far less merciful than Saladin 100 years before; much of the Frankish population was massacred or sold into slavery, such that Khalil could proclaim, "A pearly white Frankish woman couldn't sell in the bazaar for a penny!"

After Acre fell, the Crusaders moved north to cities such as Tortosa, but these fell too and they were forced offshore to Cyprus. With the loss of the island of Arwad in 1303, the Kingdom of Jerusalem ceased to exist on the mainland.

This coin was struck for the Kingdom of Jerusalem, probably at Acre, c. 1268 to 1291, long after the city of Jerusalem had been lost.

SH32085. Bronze AE 19, cf. Malloy CCS p. 83, 55; hybrid imitation with combined Latin and Arabic characteristics, VF, weight 1.310 g, maximum diameter 18.8 mm, obverse hexagram (imitating Ayyubids of Aleppo), blundered illiterate imitation of Arabic script; reverse + blundered illiterate Latin? legend, cross moline, small St. Andrew's cross in each quarter, within circle of large dots; uneven strike but among the finest of the few known; of great rarity; SOLD


Crusaders, County of Edessa, Baldwin II, Second Reign, 1108 - 1118

|Crusaders|, |Crusaders,| |County| |of| |Edessa,| |Baldwin| |II,| |Second| |Reign,| |1108| |-| |1118||follis|
Baldwin II was Count of Edessa from 1100 to 1118, and King of Jerusalem from 1118 until his death. He accompanied his cousins Godfrey of Bouillon and Baldwin of Boulogne to the Holy Land during the First Crusade.
SH60711. Bronze follis, Metcalf Crusades 115; Malloy CCS p. 245, 12; Schlumberger pl. I, 12, F, green patina, overstruck on an Islamic fals, weight 4.618 g, maximum diameter 22.8 mm, die axis 330o, Edessa (Urfa, Turkey) mint, 2nd reign, 1108 - 1118; obverse Count Baldwin standing facing, wearing helmet and chain armor, sword with blade upright in right hand, long cross in left hand, B/Δ-N (Greek abbreviation: Baldwin) in fields; reverse nimbate bust of Christ facing, pellet in each arm of nimbus cruciger, IC - XC (Greek abbreviation: Ihsoús Xristós - Jesus Christ) flanking at neck; rare; SOLD


Crusaders, County of Edessa, Baldwin II, Second Reign, 1108 - 1118

|Crusaders|, |Crusaders,| |County| |of| |Edessa,| |Baldwin| |II,| |Second| |Reign,| |1108| |-| |1118||follis|
Baldwin II was Count of Edessa from 1100 to 1118, and King of Jerusalem from 1118 until his death. He accompanied his cousins Godfrey of Bouillon and Baldwin of Boulogne to the Holy Land during the First Crusade.
CR98527. Bronze follis, Metcalf Crusades pl. 7, 115; Malloy CCS p. 245, 12; Schlumberger pl. I, 12, aVF, light deposits, slightly rough, overstruck on an Islamic fals, weight 3.646 g, maximum diameter 22.3 mm, die axis 0o, Edessa (Urfa, Turkey) mint, 2nd reign, 1108 - 1118; obverse Count Baldwin standing facing, wearing conical helmet and chain armor, sword with blade upright in right hand, long cross in left hand, B/[Δ-N] (Greek abbreviation: Baldwin) in fields; reverse nimbate bust of Christ facing, pellet in each arm of nimbus cruciger, [IC - XC] (Greek abbreviation: Ihsoús Xristós - Jesus Christ) flanking; ex Leu Numismatik web auction 16 (22 May 2021), lot 4212; SOLD


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.||follis|
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, weight 5.451 g, maximum diameter 25.1 mm, Edessa (Urfa, Turkey) mint, 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


Crusaders, County of Edessa, Baldwin II, Second Reign, 1108 - 1118

|Crusaders|, |Crusaders,| |County| |of| |Edessa,| |Baldwin| |II,| |Second| |Reign,| |1108| |-| |1118||follis|
Baldwin II was Count of Edessa from 1100 to 1118, and King of Jerusalem from 1118 until his death. He accompanied his cousins Godfrey of Bouillon and Baldwin of Boulogne to the Holy Land during the First Crusade.
CR111243. Bronze follis, Metcalf Crusades pl. 7, 115; Malloy CCS p. 245, 12; Schlumberger pl. I, 12, gF, centered on a broad flan, dark patina, scattered light earthen deposits, overstruck, uneven strike, weight 3.247 g, maximum diameter 24.6 mm, die axis 0o, Edessa (Urfa, Turkey) mint, 2nd reign, 1108 - 1118; obverse Count Baldwin standing facing, wearing helmet and chain armor, sword with blade upright in right hand, long cross in left hand, B/Δ-N (Greek abbreviation: Baldwin) in fields; reverse nimbate bust of Christ facing, pellet in each arm of nimbus cruciger, IC - XC (Greek abbreviation: Ihsoús Xristós - Jesus Christ) flanking at neck; ex Morton & Eden auction 119 (6 Dec 2022), lot 333 (part of); rare; SOLD




  




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