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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Orielensis, post: 3230522, member: 96898&quot;]My third or fourth coin purchase at all was a small lot of cleaned but unattributed bronze coins, mostly late Romans in bad condition. Judging from what the dealer had on offer, he was selling off an old collection and this was what he considered scrapes from the bottom of the barrel. I paid $15 for the lot, and among all the slugs, I found this:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]843481[/ATTACH]</p><p><font size="3">Baldwin of Bourcq, County of Edessa, AE Follis, 1110–1118 AD. Obv: Baldwin in conical helmet and chain-armor, standing l., sheathed sword at hip, holding globus cruciger, BA[Λ] - ΔOI[N] around. Rev: Floriate cross in Byzantine style. 20mm, 4.01g. Ref: Schlumberger I,9; Metcalf 109–112; CCS 10.</font></p><p><br /></p><p>It is not a beauty, but in fairly good shape for the type – actually, I&#039;d confidently challenge you to show me a better specimen. Coins minted for the main protagonists of the First Crusade are often both rare and sought after, and this particularly applies to coins by Baldwin, who in 1118 AD became the second Christian king of Jerusalem (not counting Godfrey, who was never crowned). I don&#039;t think this type has been shown on Cointalk before, and when examples are offered on the market, they usually fetch prices far above what I am normally willing to pay for a coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>In light of all this, I consider this the best bargain I ever made on a coin. Though, thinking about it, it probably also got me hooked and fully lost to this expensive hobby...[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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