278, Lot: 505. Estimate $750. Sold for $1500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CRUSADERS, Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem. Imitation Bezants. 12th century. AV Bezant (23mm, 3.61 g, 3h). Imitating the Ayyubid caliph al-Amir. Acre mint. Second phase, 1148/59-1187. Balog & Yvon 27; Metcalf, Crusades 119-25; CCS 4; Album 730. Near EF, light roughness in areas.