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Tripoli Raymond III Pougeoise au Castel
| Issuer | County of Tripoli |
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| Year | 1152-1187 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
| Obverse lettering | ✠ CIVITAS |
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Raymond III ruled Tripoli through one of the Crusader states' most precarious stretches — his county was effectively isolated after the fall of surrounding territories, and he spent years as a prisoner of Nur ad-Din following his capture at the Battle of Haifa in 1164. The pougeoise denomination was the workhorse of Crusader copper coinage, circulating alongside Arab fulus in a market where billon and base issues from multiple polities changed hands daily.
MAL#13 places this firmly within Metcalf's classification of the Tripolitan castle type, a series with known die-linkage issues that complicate precise attribution within the 35-year span.