Ancient Crusader Coin - Bohemond VI - Circa (1252 - 1268) CE

Denomination: Denier                 
Date: 1163-1201 A
Reign:Bohemond III 
Mint: Antioch (Turkey) 

Mount: Sterling Silver with garnet accents

Description: Obverse: Helmeted bust left of knight wearing 
chainmail with crescent pointing up in left field and 5-pointed 
star in right field, Legend “BOAMVNDUS”. Reverse: Cross with 
crescent top right field pointing left. Legend “ANTIOCNIA”.

History: The First Crusade was declared in 1095 by Pope Urban II
and its objective was to provide military support to Byzantine 
Emperor Alexios I against the Seljuk Turks, as well as reclaiming
the "Holy Land" from Muslim rule. The Crusades started around 
1095 and continued for nearly 200 years, during that time four 
different Crusades were made to retake Jerusalem. The Crusades 
in the Middle East ended when the city of Acre fell in 1291.

These silver deniers or pennies were issued in the name of King 
Bohemond III (1163-1201), who in the summer of 1191, alongside 
Guy de Lusignan met Richard of England (Lion Heart) during the 
siege of Acre. Richard was part of the Third Crusade (1189–1192),
an attempt by three European monarchs (including Richard of England)
to reconquer the Holy Land from Saladin.