Coins of the First Crusade
from Antioch and Edessa (Jerusalem did not issue coins during the First Crusade). 
Links: CCS Antioch 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10.
CCS Edessa, 1, 5, 7, 9a, 10, 11, 12.  Crusader-related coins. 


CCS Antioch 1, Bohemond I


CCS Antioch 3, Tancred





24 mm. 4.62 grams,

Smaller coin with a thinner bust
21-20 mm. 3.93 grams.

CCS Antioch 4, Tancred, his second type

Irregular flan shpe
22-18 mm. 3.01 grams.

CCS 4, Tancred, over CCS3 of Tancred


Two photos
This one is oriented to show Yype 3 up.
The next photo shows Type 4 up

Type 4 up over Type 3.

 

Type 4 over Type 3.
Some of the reverse of Type 3 is visible at 1:00-2:30.
 

Much larger flan. Overstruck on an unidentifed undertype.
26.2 mm. 4.72 grams.
 

CCS Antioch 5 over 3, both of Tancred

The top of the reverse of Type 3 is at 12:00 under the obverse. 
22 mm. 3.51 grams.

 

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CCS Antioch 6, Tancred, his fourth type of four

22 mm. 4.18 grams,
 

 

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CCS Antioch 6 on 5, both of Tancred

Two photos. This one is oriented to have the undertype, Type 5, up. 
The next photo has Type 6 up. It is difficult to tell which one is the undertype.
23-20 mm. 4.11 grams.

 

This photo is oriented to have Type 5 up.
 

 

CCS Antioch 7, Roger of Salerno, his first type of three.   Reverse with DomiNE SALvum Fac Tuum ROgerium
"Lord, save your Roger"

21-20 mm. 3. 66 grams.




 

21-20 mm. 2.48 grams.
 

 

21 mm. 2.78 grams.
 

 

22 mm. 3.45 grams.
 

 

 

CCS Antioch 8, Roger of Salerno, his second type of three.


22-20 mm. 5.23 grams. A little thicker than most.

 

25-22 mm. 3.52 grams.
A little broader than most.

 

20 mm. 4.19 grams.
 

 

 

CCS Antioch 9. Roger of Salerno, his third type of three.



21-19 mm. 3.00 grams.

 

23-21 mm. 5.41 grams.

 

CCS Antioch 10, Bohemond II, his only type.




21-19 mm. 4.77 grams.

 

19-18 mm. 3.69 grams.

Edessa

CCS Edessa 1b, Baldwin I or II


 

CCS Edessa 5, Richard of Salerno, his second type of three



25.5 mm. 4.68 grams.

 

CCS Edessa 11, Baldwin II, second reign



21 mm. 3.93 grams.

22-21 mm. 4.03 grams.
 

 

 

CCS Edessa 12, Baldwin II, second reign



 

Crusader related, but not precisely attributed. 


Some coins found in crusader territories look like they might be crusader but are not securely identified. They might be Byzantine coins minted in the East, or local imitaions of Byzantine types, or they might be actually minted by crusaders but of uncertain attribution.  Here are a few.

21-20 mm. 3.84 grams.
Two similar sides. Each has
IC  XC
NI  KA in the quadrants of a cross.
Cast, not struck.
Schindel NZ (2023) Figure 10.

Another example.
22-19 mm. 2.89 grams.
Two similar sides. Each has
IC  XC
NI  KA in the quadrants of a cross.
Cast, not struck.
Schindel NZ (2023) Figure 10.

Imitation. Reverse of Class C, but the obverse is not a thin standing figure. This obverse is similar to a "Facing bust of Christ" which is on many Byzantine types and some crusader types, too.  
16.6-23.0 mm. 7:30. 3.56 grams.
Prototype reverse Sear 1825 attributed to Michael IV, 1034-1041.
The flan is unlike a Byzantine flan. 
Reverse:
IC  XC
NI  KA in the quadrants of a beaded cross.

Imitation of a Byzantine Class I (Sear 1889) anonymous follis, the type originally struck c. 1075 - 1180 and attributed to Nicephorus III, 1078-1081. 
22.0-19.4 mm. 12:00. 2.18 grams.
The coin is smaller and thinner than the prototype and the floral design at the bottom of the cross is more ornate. Crusaders imitated this obverse and this reverse, but ther is nothing to attribute this coin to any particular place or person. 

Imitation of a Byzantine Class I (Sear 1889) anonymous follis, the type originally struck c. 1075 - 1180 and attributed to Nicephorus III, 1078-1081. 
26.4-23.2 mm. 5:30. 4.73 grams.
The eight-sided flan is typical of crusader coins of Bohemond I and not typical of official Byzantine Class I coins. 

 

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