Follis - Joscelin I or II

The County of Edessa was the first and most exposed of the Crusader states, established by Baldwin of Boulogne in 1098 and perpetually under pressure from Artuqid and Zengid forces to the east and north. Both Joscelins ruled under conditions of near-constant siege and territorial contraction — Joscelin II lost the city of Edessa itself to Zengi in 1144, effectively ending the county as a functioning polity within years. The attribution uncertainty between father and son is unresolved in the literature; Metcalf declined to assign the type definitively.