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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;seth77, post: 4717449, member: 56653&quot;]As always in the case of such old but copious coinage, there is a sequencing of types according to lettering and device details that make up the types/classes. From that you go to the primary sources that imply that Antioch was an economic powerhouse especially in the 1170s and then it fell off after Saladin&#039;s campaign in 1187-8 to rise again slowly with the 1190s-1200s. You couple that with the reigns of the 3 Bohemonds and the material found in hoards that adds some grounding for the terminus of some types (Metcalf&#039;s &quot;Billon coinage of the crusading principality of Antioch&quot; is a good example of such research) and you end up with a ballpark dating for the distinct classes and some room for the &quot;experimental&quot; and/or &quot;transitional&quot; phases.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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