Rare Jerusalem Denier

339, Lot: 454. Estimate $500. Sold for $1200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CRUSADERS, Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem. Anonymous. 12th century. BI Denier (19mm, 1.05 g, 5h). + CRVI CIS (sic), cross pattée; triple pellet stops / Patriarchal cross on pedestal; palms and stars flanking. Cf. Metcalf, Crusades 201 and p. 64; cf. A. J. Seltman, “Coins of the Crusaders,” NumCirc LXXIV.2 (February 1966), p. 32, fig. 3; cf. Schlumberger pl. XIX, 3; cf. CCS 47; cf. Porteous 60. VF, areas of toning, minor porosity. Rare.