The sign of the cross was the defining symbol of the crusading movement and it continued to shape the devotional sensibilities of those Latins who settled in the Holy Land. These coins from the principality of Antioch show a heavily armoured Christian warrior, with the sign of the cross emblazoned prominently upon his helmet.
Metcalf, David Michael. Coinage of the Crusades and the Latin East in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford. London: Royal Numismatic Society, 1995. Pages 128-129
Exhibition history
Holy City, Holy War: Devotion to the Sacred in Crusader Jerusalem, Museum of the Order of St John, 2 September 2017-22 December 2017
Credit line
The Mildred King Memorial Collection. Gift of Colonel E.J. King, 1935