Denier - John of Brienne

John of Brienne held the Jerusalem kingship in an increasingly nominal capacity — his claim derived entirely from his marriage to Queen Maria, who died in 1212 leaving him regent for their infant daughter Yolande. These deniers were struck during the Fifth Crusade, when John personally led the assault on Damietta in Egypt, capturing the port city in November 1219. The campaign ultimately collapsed when crusader forces refused to accept al-Kamil's offer to return Jerusalem in exchange for withdrawal, a decision John himself reportedly opposed.

Billon coinage of the Latin East from this period suffers notoriously inconsistent silver content, and Metcalf's sequencing of type 202 places it squarely within John's contested regency years.