The 3rd Crusade

One of the most famous and significant crusades in history, it pitted the Christian armies of Europe led by Richard I against the Islamic armies of Saladin. These 2 famous leaders fought a protracted battle to reclaim the Holy land which fell to the armies of Saladin. Despite their rivalry, and the crusade ending witha truce (the Holy Land never returned to Christian hands), both leaders ended up with mutual respect for each other and became heroes admired by both factions for generations to come.


Richard I the Lion hearted


Vs Salah Ad-Din (Saladin)

 

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Great stuff, would like one someday too.

 

Thanks.. they're actually not too hard to get..

 

Nice coins! I have been thinking about collecting medieval coins...the Saladin coins are beautiful, I am tempted to buy one.

 

Thanks.. the star version is Aleppo, the square is Damascene. They are nice and has a good history behind them

 

Here is one that was issued by his brother Sephadin

 

Are the Saladin coins considered arabic or islamic or medieval?

 

I think they're medieval, Islamic and Arabic. Here's a silver coin of Saladin's brother Saif-Addeen.

 

neat coins LS, i'd love to have one of both of these guys!

here's a coin of the latin empire of constantinople, founded after the chrsitian v christian 4th crusade.



Latin Empire of Constantinople. A.D. 1204-1261.
small module trachy (21 mm, 1.8 g). Christ standing facing / Emperor standing facing with labarum and orb. SB 2035. Constantinople.

 

very interesting designs. thanks for posting them.

 

A very rare coin C71. In the Fourth Crusade, the Crusaders shifted from the Holy Lands to Constantinople.

 

Love the coins, Loong! I need to get a Saladin myself... I've got Richard from Aquitaine:


Poitou, "Angevine Empire"
Richard I, r. 1169-1199
AR Denier, 17mm x 1 grams
Obv.: +RICARDUS REX, a plain cross patée at the ends, annulet in third quarter, within inner circle
Rev.: PIC / TAVIE / NSIS, written in three parallel lines
Ref.: Spink 8008

And then this would be issued in England under Richard:


England
Richard I, r. 1189-1199 A.D.
London Mint, AR Short Cross Penny, 18mm x 1.8 grams
Obv.: henricus Rex
Rev.: _ _ _ ard . on . Lund (Ricard, London)
Ref.: Spink 1347

I know I've shared these plenty of times before... I've been feeling out of the coin game for the last several months due to some necessary expenses lately... Looking forward to new acquisitions soon!

 

Very cool. I never seen a 4th Crusade coin before. Thanks for posting

 

Well it was good while it lasted...come on Richie!


Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem
Baldwin III (AD 1143-1163)
BI Denier 16 mm x 0.87 grams
Obv: Tower of David with glacis, circle of large pellets around +De IERVSALEM
Rev: Cross Pattee, circle of large pellets around BALDVINVS REX
Ref: CCS 15

 

Excellent Richard silvers. Looking forward to your new acquisitions. I too have been slowing down lately. Not a very economic hobby this hobby is

 

Cool @Ancientnoob .. feels like we're back to the periods of Knights and horses. . Haha

 

Ain't that the truth. It worse than drugs.

 

what type of coin is OP's saladin? Couldn't help but notice it has a star of david on it.
IIRC Saladin was a kurd, Pardon my ignorance but I didn't think Kurdistan was a state back then and never heard of them issuing coins
Any idea what are the text? Islamic coins are not supposed to have person's name right?

 

saladin was the founder of the ayyubid dynasty based in egypt. kurd was and is an ethnic group and is not anything arabic. rulers' names often appear on islamic coins. it is portraiture of anything living that is forbidden by the quran. however, this was violated by sevaral islamic monarchs. the six pointed star was common to ayyubid coins and had no association with judaism

 

As per what @norenxaq mentioned, Saladin founded the Ayubbid Dynasty taking over from the Fatimids who dominated much of the Levant including Egypt. It was never Kurdistan although Saladin himself was a Kurd. As for the rule against the issue under a monarchs name, that was allowed except for their portrait or anything of semblance to a figure that may be directly or indirectly attributed to assumed idolatry. Even so, that was often a convention as opposed to a rule as we can see that happening all the time in modern coinage and before the reforms of Abdul Malek during the Ummayyad Caliphate.