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<p>[QUOTE="Roerbakmix, post: 4172200, member: 100731"]My only specimen from the region (I guess it's from Thebes?)</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1074517[/ATTACH]</p><p>CRUSADERS, William I de la Roche (1280 - 1287), or Guy I de La Roche (1287 - 1294). Denomination: Billon denier tournois, minted: Thebe; 1280 - 1294</p><p>Obv: :G: DVX:ATENES: ( : = double trefoil stop, trefoils resembling Y), cross pattée</p><p>Rev: :ThEBE:CIVIS: ( : = double trefoil stop, trefoils resembling Y), castle tournois with open corner circles, surmounted by cross, distinctive style</p><p>Weight: 0.55g; Ø:17mm. Catalogue: Metcalf Crusades 1030, Malloy Crusaders 85. Provenance: Ex private collection; acq.: 07-2019</p><p>William I de la Roche (died 1287) succeeded his brother, John I, as Duke of Athens in 1280. William reversed the territorial losses of his brother's reign, extending his control over Lamia and Gardiki. He married Helena Angelina Komnene, daughter of John I Doukas, ruler of Thessaly, securing a military alliance with him.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Roerbakmix, post: 4172200, member: 100731"]My only specimen from the region (I guess it's from Thebes?) [ATTACH=full]1074517[/ATTACH] CRUSADERS, William I de la Roche (1280 - 1287), or Guy I de La Roche (1287 - 1294). Denomination: Billon denier tournois, minted: Thebe; 1280 - 1294 Obv: :G: DVX:ATENES: ( : = double trefoil stop, trefoils resembling Y), cross pattée Rev: :ThEBE:CIVIS: ( : = double trefoil stop, trefoils resembling Y), castle tournois with open corner circles, surmounted by cross, distinctive style Weight: 0.55g; Ø:17mm. Catalogue: Metcalf Crusades 1030, Malloy Crusaders 85. Provenance: Ex private collection; acq.: 07-2019 William I de la Roche (died 1287) succeeded his brother, John I, as Duke of Athens in 1280. William reversed the territorial losses of his brother's reign, extending his control over Lamia and Gardiki. He married Helena Angelina Komnene, daughter of John I Doukas, ruler of Thessaly, securing a military alliance with him.[/QUOTE]
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