187, Lot: 240. Estimate $150. Sold for $159. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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CRUSADERS, Edessa. Baldwin II. Second reign, 1108-1118. Æ Light Follis (21mm, 3.58 g, 6h). Baldwin standing left, wearing conical helmet and chain-armor, holding globus cruciger and resting hand on hilt of sword / Cross fleuronnée with rays at center and scroll at foot; pellet in each angle. Metcalf,
Crusades 109-11 (same rev. die as 111); CCS 9a. Fine, green patina, deposits. The type used to illustrate the cover of Metcalf.