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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Eng, post: 1793158, member: 44227&quot;]My 2nd coin i picked up club night....</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Crusaders of Antioch..</p><p>Bohemond lll ...1163- 1201 AD..</p><p>AR Denier.</p><p>Ob. Helmeted bust left of Knight wearing chainmail</p><p>with crescent pointing up in left field 5 pointed star in right field.</p><p>Rev.Cross with crescent top right field pointing left,</p><p>Amtiocnia (5 pellets on A)</p><p>19mm x on thin flan..1.01g.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp; This coin was minted for the Principality of Antioch. A State established</p><p>during the first Crusade that was at various times, and for most of History</p><p>a vassal to Constantinople, the Kingdom of Jerusalem or the kingdom of Armenia</p><p>before it being conquered by the Moslim forces under Baibars, the Mamluk Sultan of Egypt.</p><p>&nbsp;The coin and its distinctive abstract portrait of a Crusader Knight was minted and </p><p>issued during the reign of Bohemond lll, Price of Antioch from..1165- 1201..AD..</p><p>&nbsp; ( info from Cache Historical and World Coins)...</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>[ATTACH=full]289760[/ATTACH]</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>[ATTACH=full]289761[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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