CRUSADER STATES.Principality of Antioch.Tancred AD 1104-1112.AE.Follis.1st type
( 4.34g, 20mm, 12h)
Facing bust of St.Peter ( patron saint of Antioch ), right hand raised in benediction, downward left field Ο / ΠΕ and right (T / P /) O / C
Reverse.Greek legend in five lines: + / ΚΕ ΒOI / ΘΗ TΟ ΔV / ΛΟCΟV Τ / ΑΝΚΡI /+ ."Lord, help thy servant Tancred "
Ref:Schl II.6; Met 49-62.
Good very fine, with earthen deposit in fields.
Exceptional condition for issue with detail portrait of Saint Peter.