Following eight bloody months, the crusaders secured control over Antioch in June 1098. The coinage of the new Crusader States was often used to communicate political and religious messages. The Christian rulers were aware that their hold over the Holy Land was fragile, and understood the potential for coins to convey messages asserting their authority and right to rule.

Obverse: Tancred (Prince of Galilee and regent of Antioch), raising a sword
Reverse: A Christian cross

2.6g. 22 mm

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