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Pougeoise au castel - Bohémond V
| Issuer | County of Tripoli |
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| Year | 1235-1250 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse lettering | + CIVITAS |
| Reverse description | A pommelled cross with annulets at the terminals occupies the central field, its arms extending toward the inner beaded circle. Four bezants are disposed in the angles between the arms of the cross, a design characteristic of Crusader coinage from the County of Tripoli. The Latin legend + TRIPOLIS encircles the composition along the outer rim, partially legible on the irregular flan typical of hammered medieval coinage. |
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Bohémond V ruled Tripoli and Antioch simultaneously from 1233, a consolidation that left both states chronically underfunded and militarily overstretched. The pougeoise coinage of this period was a practical response to a persistent shortage of small denomination currency in the Latin East — billon issues like this one filled the gap left by the near-total absence of reliable Frankish copper. MAL#13 is among the more frequently encountered types from the county, suggesting sustained if modest production across the fifteen-year window of issue.