Coin of Bohemond VI or VII

There are two types of gros from Tripoli. This coin is a type 1, which appears to have been the earlier of the two, and is in the name of Bohemond and could be either Bohemond VI (1251-75) or VII (1275-87). As per the billon deniers previously minted, the obverse features a cross and the reverse has an eight-pointed star, but the style of the gros is far grander and these central motifs are framed within a border of arcs and angles.

Object type

Coins

Date

Production: 1251 - 1287

Associated person

Bohemond VI (c. 1237 - 1275)
Bohemond VII (1261 - 1287)

Subject(s)

Bearers of the Cross

Inscriptions

obverse: +BOEMVNDVS : COMES

reverse: C.I.V.I.T.AS : TR.I.POL.I

Dimensions

Diameter: 18mm
Weight: 1.9g

Materials and technique

Silver, struck

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 153

Credit line

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

Catalogue number

TRI57