Coin of Raymond III

After the ‘star and crescent’ deniers struck in the late 1140s, the next billon coinage to be introduced is the so-called ‘star’ deniers. The first of these to be issued are in the name of Raymond, and are likely to have been minted by Raymond III soon after his release from captivity in 1173/4.

Object type

Coins

Date

Production: 1152 - 1187

Associated person

Raymond III (1140 - 1187)

Subject(s)

Bearers of the Cross

Inscriptions

obverse: +RAMVNDVS COMS

reverse: CIVITAS TRIPOLIS

Dimensions

Diameter: 16.5mm
Weight: 0.73g

Materials and technique

Billon

Production place

Tripoli

References

Metcalf, David Michael. Coinage of the Crusades and the Latin East in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford. London: Royal Numismatic Society, 1995.
Page 164

Credit line

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

Catalogue number

TRI18