- Object type
- Coins
- Date
- Production: 1163 - 1174
- Subject(s)
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Bearers of the Cross
Religion and Devotion - Associated person
- Amaury I (1136 - 1174)
- Inscriptions
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obverse: AMALRICVS REX
reverse: +DE IERVSALEM
- Dimensions
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Diameter: 17mm
Weight: 0.87g - Materials and technique
- Billon, struck
- Production place
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Jerusalem
Palestine - References
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Metcalf, David Michael. Coinage of the Crusades and the Latin East in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford. London: Royal Numismatic Society, 1995.
Pages 57-71
Foakes, Tom, ed. Treasures: Faith, Care, Valour: Highlights from the Collection of the Museum of the Order of St John. Priory of England and the Islands of the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem, 2019.
Page 139
History Hit. “Inside One of London's Oldest Medieval Crypts.” YouTube video, 20:44. Posted by “History Hit” August 7, 2023. Accessed April 10, 2025. https://youtu.be/utslUpFKpM4?si=r_1ktp7Kex9hkRqo - Provenance
- Purchased from Glendining & Co. Ltd., 1969
- 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
- Catalogue number
- JE66
Denier of Amaury
The Holy Sepulchre was the hub of the crusaders’ devotional lives. The church was rebuilt and redecorated during the period of crusader rule (1099 - 1187), reflecting its central importance to Latin settlers and pilgrims. The conclusion of this programme of works in the 1160s was celebrated on the kingdom’s coinage with a depiction of the church’s signature dome.