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Follis - Baudouin II 2nd reign
| Issuer | County of Edessa |
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| Year | 1108-1118 |
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| Weight | 6.79 g |
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| Obverse lettering | BAΛΔ / OYINO / KOMH |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Baudouin II's first reign as Count of Edessa ended abruptly in 1104 when he was captured by the Artuqid ruler Sokman at the Battle of Harran and held for ransom nearly three years. This coin belongs to his return — the second reign — a period when Edessa was perpetually under pressure from Mosul and Mardin and when maintaining a functioning copper coinage was as much a political signal as a practical necessity.
Metcalf's sequencing of the CCS 18 type within the 1108–1118 bracket remains the standard, though die-link studies have not yet produced a tighter chronology within those ten years.