Follis - Tancred St Peter with turban - 2nd type

Follis - Tancred (St Peter with turban - 2nd type) - obverseFollis - Tancred (St Peter with turban - 2nd type) - reverse

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Features

Issuer Principality of Antioch (Crusader and Christian states in the Eastern Mediterranean)
Regent Tancred, Prince of Galilee (1101-1103, 1104-1112)
Type Standard circulation coin
Years 1101-1112
Value Æ Follis (1⁄228)
Currency Denier (1098-1268)
Composition Bronze
Weight 3.3 g
Diameter 22 mm
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Orientation Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
43880
References MAL# 4,
Alex G. Malloy, Irene Fraley Preston, A. J. Seltman, Allen G. Berman; 2004. Coins of the Crusader States 1098-1291 : including the Kingdom of Jerusalem and its vassal states of Syria and Palestine, the Lusignan Kingdom of Cyprus (1192-1489), and the Latin Empire of Constantinople and its vassal states of Greece and the Archipelago : new addendum with Knights of Rhodes (2nd edition). Allen G. Berman Publications, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States.
Metcalf# 63-70,
David Michael Metcalf; 1993. Thrymsas and Sceattas in the Ashmolean Museum Oxford / Volume 1. Gold Coinage. Royal Numismatic Society, London, United Kingdom.
And 2 more volumes.
Metcalf1# 44 var
David Michael Metcalf; 1995. Coinage of the Crusaders and the Latin East in the Ashmolean Museum Oxford (2nd edition). Royal Numismatic Society, London, United Kingdom.

Obverse

Bust of St Peter with cross and sword.

Script: Greek

Lettering: ⧾ KE BOHΘH TΩ ΔOVΛOΩ TANKPI

Reverse

Cross with abbreviated motto in quadrants.

Script: Greek

Lettering:
IC - XC
NI - KA

Unabridged legend:
Ιησούς Χριστός
Νικάτωρ

Translation:
Jesus Christ
the Victor

Mint

Antioch on the Orontes, Syria, modern-day Antakya, Turkey

Comments

G. LUNARDI 1985 - VOL II - PA3 (II 7)

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
ND (1101-1112) 

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