Denier in the name of Bohemond

Bearing in mind the military history of the crusader states, it is perhaps surprising that the iconography on this coin – an armoured bust in profile - is unique. Parallels from this period can be found in other artforms, for example wall paintings in the Templar chapel of Cressac-Saint-Genis or illustrations in a Bible in the collection of The Royal Library in The Hague.

Object type

Coins

Date

1163 - 1201

Subject(s)

Colonialism
War
Bearers of the Cross

Associated person

Bohemond III of Antioch (c. 1148 - 1201)

Inscriptions

obverse: +BOANVNDVS

reverse: +AMTIOCHIA

Dimensions

Diameter: 18mm
Weight: 1.06g

Materials and technique

Billon, struck

Production place

Antioch

References

Metcalf, David Michael. Coinage of the Crusades and the Latin East in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford. London: Royal Numismatic Society, 1995.
Page 130

Credit line

The Mildred King Memorial Collection.
Gift of Colonel E.J. King, 1935

Catalogue number

ANT43