CRUSADER 1st Crusade Preferred Coinage VALENCE 12th Cent.Denier Found in Lebanon

Description

CRUSADERS
LATIN KINGDOM OF JERUSALEM
'' FIRST CRUSADE "
* Preferred Coinage of the Crusades.
BISHOPS OF VALENCE ( France )  XII Century
BI - Denier - Billon - 17mm. - Nice black patina !
Obv:
Cross pommée, with annulet in fourth quarter.
Legend
:
+ S APOLLINARS
Rev:
Winged angel or Eagle standing facing.
Legend:
+ VRBS VALENTIAI
* FOUND IN
LEBANON
.
Ref: Metcalf , Plate 2, nº 19-40
Note:
The deniers of the mint of
Lucca
along with those issued from the mints of Charters, Le Mans, Melgueil, Le Puy,
Valence
and Melle are mentioned by the
chronicler Raymond of Aguilers
who accompanied the count of Toulouse Raymond of Saint-Gilles as the
"Erat Haec Nostra Moneta"
the coins used in the Latin East by members of the
First Crusade.
*
These coins frequently turn up in hoards found in lands held by the Franks in the Syria and Palestine.
" VERY INTERESTING CRUSADER COIN OF THE FIRST CRUSADE
these European coins were taken by the crusaders, to be spent in the Holy Land in the 11th and 12th centuries
"
NOTE:
SHIPPING TIME:
Coins arrive to their destination in EUROPE in about 30 to 45 days. For U.S.A. customers please wait 45 to 60 days for arrival. Items arrive in the US in about 10 days, but there is a big delay in the state distribution center. Most of the times the items arrive sooner !
" GUARANTEED AUTHENTICITY "