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Denier à la Tête Casqué Classe A Bohemond III Majorité
| Issuer | Principality of Antioch |
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| Year | 1163-1201 |
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| Currency | Denier (1098-1268) |
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| Obverse description | Facing helmeted bust of Bohemond III, rendered in crude but vigorous Crusader style, enclosed within a plain inner beaded circle. A crescent appears to the left of the bust and a six-pointed star to the right, serving as field ornaments flanking the effigy. The helmet is depicted with a nasal bar, and mail or drapery is indicated below the neck. The surrounding legend reads +BOANUNDVS, distributed around the outer field between the beaded border and the coin's irregular rim. |
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| Obverse lettering | +BOANUNDVS |
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Bohemond III came to power as a minor following his father's death at the Battle of Harim in 1164, where a Crusader force was routed by Nur ad-Din's army — one of the worst Frankish military disasters of the twelfth century. The helmeted-head denier type issued under his majority represents the longest-running coinage of the Antiochene princes, struck across nearly four decades of a reign defined by shifting alliances with Byzantium, Armenian Cilicia, and successive Ayyubid rulers.
Metcalf's Class A designation groups the earliest majority issues, distinguished by die characteristics that predate later stylistic degradation in the series.