Pougeoise au castel - Bohémond V

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.