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Coinage of the Crusaders. Constantinople. Hyperpyron 1240-1259, AV 3.54g.

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Coinage of the Crusaders. Constantinople. Hyperpyron 1240-1259, AV 3.54g.
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The Coinage of the Crusaders. Baudouin II of Courtenay (?), 1240-1261. Hyperpyron, Constantinopolis 1240-1259, AV 3.54 g. Christ, with crossed nimbus, enthroned facing, raising r. hand in benediction and holding Book of Gospels in l.; above r. cushion of throne, cross of pellets. Rev. The Emperor standing facing, holding labarum, crowned by the Virgin, standing at his side. DO 9f. Sear –. Metcalf p. 229. Very rare. Graffiti and the faces of the Emperor and the Virgin partially re-engraved, otherwise very fine Ex Künker 43, 1998, 474 and Künker 112, 2006, 1109 sales.