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Follis - Baldwin II Christ halo - Light type
| Issuer | County of Edessa |
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| Year | 1100-1118 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Facing bust of Christ Pantokrator in high relief, depicted front-facing with a nimbus cross behind the head; Christ is shown draped in imperial robes, raising the right hand in benediction and holding the Gospels in the left. The Greek Christogram IC-XC appears in the fields to the left and right of the bust. The style is characteristic of Byzantine-influenced Crusader coinage of the early twelfth century. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Baldwin II governed Edessa twice — first as count from 1100, then again after ransom from Danishmend captivity in 1108. The "light type" designation distinguishes this issue from heavier flans struck earlier in the county's output, a weight reduction that likely reflects the chronic fiscal strain of maintaining a frontier crusader state perpetually under Artuqid and Danishmend pressure. Edessa was the most exposed of the four crusader states, and its coinage shows it.