Crusades: Siege of Antioch, Wooden Box Set

Crusades: Siege of Antioch, Wooden Box Set

Crusaders, Antioch. Bohémond III. 1163-1201. BI 18mm 0.66gm Denier,Antioch, Toned mainly black, Desert Patina

Obv: ✠ BOAMVNDVS A bust of a Frankish knight facing left, wearing a pointed nasal helmet and chainmail coif armor. The bust is flanked by a crescent moon to the left and a star to the right.

Rev ✠ ANTIOCHIA A central cross pattée (Maltese style) with a small crescent moon nestled in the second upper-right quadrant.

Ref: Metcalf 378–382, CCS 65–72

The Crusades were a series of holy wars—Church-

sanctioned expeditions to deliver the Holy Places from Muslim infidels. Those who ”took up the cross,“ or crux, were described by contemporary writers as pro cruce, from which the word ”Crusader“ derives. Tradition holds that there were eight crusades, although there were numerous smaller expeditions well into the fifteenth century.

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Sku# 3016A