Rare Crusader Follis for Richard of Salerno

405, Lot: 655. Estimate $300. Sold for $700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CRUSADERS, Edessa. Richard of Salerno. Regent, 1104-1108. Æ Follis (26mm, 8.21g). Class 2. Cross pattée; pellet at end of each crossbar; wedges in quarters / KЄ/BOHΘ/PIKΔP/ΔW in four lines. Metcalf, Crusades, p. 33; CCS 5. VF, earthen dark green patina. Rare. Overstruck on a Richard Class 1.