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169, Lot: 326. Estimate $500.
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CRUSADERS, Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem. Imitating al-Amir. 12th-13th centuries. AV Bezant (23mm, 4.14 g). Acre mint. Phase 3. Corrupted Arabic legends both sides, pellet in outer obverse legend. Balog-Yvon 27f; Metcalf LE 140; CCE p. 117, 4. VF, struck from worn and rusty dies.


See “Crusader Coins with Arabic Inscriptions”, in A History of the Crusades Vol. VI, pp. 421-482 for the most readable account of the imitative coinage of the Kingdom of Jerusalem. Although much is still uncertain about these issues, the bezants of Phase 3, of 67% fine gold, were probably struck between 1187, the date of the devastating defeat at the Horns of Hattin by Saladin, and 1250, when Pope Innocent IV forbade the striking of coins with Muslim religious sentiments.