“Silver Denier of Bohemond IV”
Principality of Antioch, Crusader States, 1202–1232 CE
Silver
Obverse: helmeted head of Bohemond IV with crescent and star
Reverse: cross pattée with inscription ANTIOCHIA
Silver denier issued under Bohemond IV, Prince of Antioch, c. 1201–1232 CE. Struck at Antioch during the Crusader period. The obverse depicts a stylized mailed head, while the reverse bears a cross pattée and the inscription ANTIOCHIA. Coins of the Crusader states blended western Latin Christian symbolism with artistic conventions inherited from Byzantine and Islamic monetary traditions circulating in the eastern Mediterranean.
