Rare Baldwin II Follis

326, Lot: 650. Estimate $200. Sold for $575. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CRUSADERS, Edessa. Baldwin II. Second reign, 1108-1118. Æ Follis (27mm, 7.02 g). Heavy issue. BAΛΔ/OH[...] across field / Cross pattée; globule at end of each arm, wedge in each quarter. Metcalf, Crusades 108; CCS 8. Fine, brown patina. Overstruck, possibly multiple times. Rare.

From the J. P. Righetti Collection.

Includes an old French ticket. The handwriting is difficult to read, but the date 1861 is clear.