★ An attractive bezant of Bohémond IV of Antioch, ★

CRUSADERS. County of Tripoli. Bohémond IV of Antioch, 1187-1233. Bezant (Gold, 22 mm, 3.59 g, 4 h), imitating a dinar of the Fatimid caliph al-Mustansir, crude third phase imitation, perhaps issued during the 1240s and 1250s. Large B flanked by pellets above Pseudo-Kufic legend; in outer margin, Pseudo-Kufic legend. Rev. Large T flanked by pellets above Pseudo-Kufic legend and small cross in the second line of inscription; in outer margin, Pseudo-Kufic legend. Bates & Metcalf 42. CCS 8. Metcalf, Crusades, 489. Wäckerlin 272. Struck from a somewhat worn obverse die and with an edge crack, otherwise, about extremely fine.

From the collection of Dr. D. Löer, ex Nuqud Gallery E-Auction 1, 11 January 2020, 65.