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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Hrefn, post: 8259939, member: 115171&quot;][ATTACH=full]1456600[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1456601[/ATTACH] </p><p>Here are a few roughly contemporary coins.&nbsp;&nbsp; I like how the second picture emphasizes the commonality of the crosses on the reverse.&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>#1&nbsp; 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>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>Purchased from Alex Malloy 6/1989 </p><p><br /></p><p>#2&nbsp; 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&nbsp; 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>Purchased from Stephen Huston circa 1989</p><p><br /></p><p>#4. Robert d’Anjou, Kingdom of Naples.&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; </p><p>Purchased from Stephen Huston.</p><p><br /></p><p>#5. Kingdom of Cyprus, Peter I. 1359-1369 AD.&nbsp;&nbsp; His reign was the acme of military power of the Cypriot Kingdom.&nbsp; The Jerusalem cross on the reverse refers to his claim to the kingdom of Jerusalem[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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