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Pougeoise - Girard Grenier
| Issuer | Lordship of Sidon |
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| Year | 1125-1170 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Reverse description | Central field bearing a stylized cross pattée or processional cross motif, boldly struck in the hammered fashion typical of Crusader pougeoise coinage. The cross device dominates the flan, with surrounding elements suggesting floral or pellet ornaments in the quarters. The peripheral legend reads +GIRARDVS, referencing Girard Grenier, Lord of Sidon during the mid-12th century. The overall execution is characteristic of the rough artisanal standard of Outremer copper coinage of this period. |
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| Reverse lettering | +GIRARDVS |
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The Lordship of Sidon was one of the four principal crusader lordships of the Kingdom of Jerusalem, and the Grenier family — who held it through much of the twelfth century — were among the more administratively active of the crusader nobility. This small copper issue circulated in a coastal trading city with deep Phoenician roots, where Byzantine, Fatimid, and Frankish monetary traditions overlapped in practice if not in design policy. Metcalf's attribution places it firmly within the Girard Grenier period, though the precise regnal boundaries within that date range remain contested among crusader numismatists.