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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Hrefn, post: 7621617, member: 115171&quot;]Here is some Crusader silver, all grossi. [ATTACH=full]1311578[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1311579[/ATTACH]</p><p>#1 is Saint Louis IX (25 April 1214 – 25 August 1270 AD.)&nbsp;&nbsp; Europe’s first gros tournois circa 1266-1270 AD. Some luster remaining.&nbsp; Ciani 181.</p><p><br /></p><p>Obv:&nbsp; cross, légende intérieure : + LVDOVICVS. REX</p><p>légende extérieure : + BNDICTV: SIT: NOmE: DHI: nRI: DEI: IhV. XPI, (ponctuation par trois besants superposés).</p><p>Traduction: (Louis roi ; Que le nom de notre seigneur Jésus-Christ soit béni).</p><p><br /></p><p>Rev:&nbsp; TURONIS CIVIS.</p><p><br /></p><p>#2 is Bohemund VI of Tripoli&nbsp;&nbsp; 1251-75 AD.&nbsp;&nbsp; He was knighted in Acre by St. Louis IX, married Sybilla of Armenia, daughter of King Hetoum bringing peace between Armenia and Tripoli, and assisted the Armenians and the Mongols in the capture of Aleppo and Damascus in 1260 AD.&nbsp; Antioch was lost to Baybars during his reign, in 1268AD.</p><p><br /></p><p>Obv:&nbsp; Cross.&nbsp; BOEMVNDVS COMES. Rev:&nbsp; Star. CIVITAS TRIPOLI.&nbsp; Purchased 3/1993 from Andy Singer.</p><p><br /></p><p>#3 is</p><p>Bohemund VII of Tripoli 1275-87 AD.&nbsp;&nbsp; OBV:&nbsp; Cross. SEPTIMVS BOEMVNDVS COMES. Rev:&nbsp; CIVITAS TRIPOLIS SYRIE.&nbsp; Bohemond VII spent much of his reign at war with the Templars and the Genoese.&nbsp; He left no known legitimate children.&nbsp; This gros was the same weight as the French gros tournois.&nbsp; It was the last Crusader coin struck in the Holy Land.&nbsp; Tripoli was lost to the Mamluks in 1289, two years after his death.</p><p><br /></p><p>Purchased from Stephen Huston circa 1989.</p><p><br /></p><p>#4 is Robert d’Anjou, Kingdom of Naples and Jerusalem, though his overlordship of that city was purely nominal.&nbsp; He never accomplished anything in the crusading line.&nbsp; Also called a gigliato.&nbsp; 1309-1343 AD.&nbsp;&nbsp; Obv: HONOR REGIS IUDICIUM DILIGIT&nbsp; &nbsp; Rev: ROBERT DEI GRA IERL ET SICIL REX. The honor of the king delights in justice.&nbsp; Psalm 98:4 Vulgate.&nbsp; Purchased from Stephen Huston.</p><p><br /></p><p>#5 is Kingdom of Cyprus, Peter I. 1359-1369 AD.&nbsp; His reign was the acme of military power of the Cypriot Kingdom, capturing numerous cities of the now almost entirely Muslim dominated Levantine coast, but failing to hold any territory beyond Cyprus owing to lack of manpower and support.&nbsp;&nbsp; His coins are easily differentiated from other Cypriot kings because he clutches a sword instead of a scepter.[ATTACH=full]1311578[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]1311579[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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