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<p>[QUOTE="seth77, post: 3317129, member: 56653"]In the 1190s, after Bohemond "le Borgne" of Antioch got instated as Count of Tripoli, the quality of the coinage dropped -- as it happened in the Latin Kingdom too during and after the Saladin invasion and the Third Crusade. The coinage assigned to Bohemond of Antioch at Tripoli is quite scarce and unsightly, being struck on thin copper flans of very spread fabric with dies which look like they were engraved under haste and pressure. These new coins follow the "castle coppers" type but what differentiates this new issue from the previous ones is the crude castle, small doorway and the feeble lettering, often missing or off-flan. </p><p>Type 3 (as per Sabine) was issued in 1190 and after, during a period of uncertainty for both Antioch and Tripoli, and is rather scarce:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]879410[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="seth77, post: 3317129, member: 56653"]In the 1190s, after Bohemond "le Borgne" of Antioch got instated as Count of Tripoli, the quality of the coinage dropped -- as it happened in the Latin Kingdom too during and after the Saladin invasion and the Third Crusade. The coinage assigned to Bohemond of Antioch at Tripoli is quite scarce and unsightly, being struck on thin copper flans of very spread fabric with dies which look like they were engraved under haste and pressure. These new coins follow the "castle coppers" type but what differentiates this new issue from the previous ones is the crude castle, small doorway and the feeble lettering, often missing or off-flan. Type 3 (as per Sabine) was issued in 1190 and after, during a period of uncertainty for both Antioch and Tripoli, and is rather scarce: [ATTACH=full]879410[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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