241, Lot: 690. Estimate $100. Sold for $350. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CRUSADERS, County of Tripoli. Raymond III. 1152-1187. Æ Pougeoise (17mm, 0.97 g, 7h). Struck circa 1173/4-1187. Fortified gateway with four rows of masonry, five crenellations, and two doors with no pellets / St. Andrew’s cross pommettée, circle in center; crescent and pellet in quarters. Sabine 269; Metcalf, Crusades 526 var. (obverse legend); CCS 13b var. (same). VF, Rare variety with misspelled obverse legend.