Pougeoise Anonymous - temp. Raymond III of Tripoli

Raymond III's regency over the County of Tripoli and, by extension, his influence across the crusader states during the 1170s coincided with intense pressure from Saladin's consolidating power in Egypt and Syria. Beirut's local copper coinage of this period circulated in a port city of genuine commercial importance — a node for Genoese and Venetian traders who had their own currency preferences and paid close attention to what the local lordship put into circulation.

Metcalf's attribution to this narrow 1174–1177 window rests on stylistic sequencing rather than documentary evidence. The anonymous attribution is itself historically telling: the issuing lord chose not to assert personal identity on the coinage.