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Follis - Roger of Salerno Mary praying - 2d type
| Issuer | Principality of Antioch |
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| Year | 1112-1119 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | The Virgin Mary (Theotokos) depicted in orant posture, standing frontally with both arms raised in prayer. The figure is shown three-quarter length or full-length, with a nimbus (halo) encircling the head. The Greek abbreviation MH-OV (for Meter Theou, Mother of God) appears in the field to either side of the nimbed head. The style is characteristic of Byzantine-influenced Crusader coinage of the early twelfth century, with a somewhat crude but recognizable rendering. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Roger of Salerno governed Antioch as regent following the capture of Bohemund II's father, Bohemund I, by the Danishmend Turks in 1100 — a regency that stretched into an autonomous rule lasting nearly two decades. He died at the Field of Blood in 1119, when an Artuqid and Seljuk coalition under Il-Ghazi annihilated the Antiochene field army and killed Roger himself, leaving his body unrecovered for days. This follis type belongs to the closing years of that regency.
The Metcalf 73-74 classification distinguishes this as the second die type, differentiated from the first by subtle epigraphic variations in the Greek legends.