Silver denier of Raymond de Poitiers, Principality of Antioch, 1136-1149
Silver denier of Raymond de Poitiers, Principality of Antioch, 1136-1149 Reverse: Cross in inner circle; lettering ANTIOCHIE
Silver denier of Raymond de Poitiers, Principality of Antioch, 1136-1149 Obverse: Portrait of Raymon in inner circle; lettering RAIMVNDVS
Billon (silver and copper) obol (1/2 silver denier), Kingdom of Jerusalem, struck under King Baldwin, 1143-1163
Crusader gold imitative dinar, Kingdom of Jerusalem, 1250-1302
Reverse: Large cross pattée. Arabic legends. In outer ring: We are glorified by the Cross of our Lord Jesus Christ the Messiah from Whom we receive out salvation and life. In inner ring: +: and Resurrection, and through whom we are delivered and pardoned.
Obverse Abbreviated Arabic legends. In central field in two lines: One God. Inner circle: +: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Outer circle: Struck in Acre in the year one thousand two hundred, one and ... from the incarnation of the Messiah.
Crusader silver imitative dirham, mint of Acre, 1252 AD
Crusader silver imitative dirham, mint of Acre, 1252 AD. Obverse: Christian religious texts, mint and date all in Arabic, with large encircled cross pattée in obverse center
Crusader silver imitative dirham, mint of Acre, 1252 AD Reverse: The Father and the Son/and the Holy Spirit/One God in Arabic
a. Commissioned to mark the return to Eastern Orthodoxy in the Hagia Sophia, bringing an end of 57 years of Roman Catholic usage. It shows the central figure of Christ flanked by the Virgin Mary (left) and John the Baptist (right). The Deësis (in Greek, δέησις) is a common iconic scene in Eastern Orthodox art and can be translated as “prayer” or “supplication”. The Virgin Mary and John the Baptist are acting as intercessors for the faithful.