Crusader: Friends & Foes, Box of 6 SILVER Medieval Coins- 200 years of Warfare

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Crusader: Friends & Foes,
Box of
6 SILVER
Medieval Coins
200 years of Warfare
Crusader: Friends & Foes, Box of 6 Silver Medieval Coins
DESCRIPTION:
The silver coins in this collection represent some of the disparate peoples who joined the fray during the 200 years of warfare we know as the Crusades: the Armenians, the Germanic territory of Swabia, the Khwarezmid Empire, the Mamluk Sultanate, the
Il-khanate, the Frankish Greece
All coins in each set are protected in an Archival Capsule and Beautifully displayed in a Mahogany-like Box.
The box set is accompanied
with a Story Card, "
Certificate of Authenticity
", and a black gift box.
Because they began as a quest by “pious” Christians to liberate the Holy Land from Muslim “infidels,” the Crusades
are often imagined as a series of conflicts between two clear and well-defined antagonists—Christianity vs. Islam. In
actuality, the battle lines were more complex. The Franks who came from Western Europe at the behest of the
Pope were often at odds with the Byzantines. That the two camps were Christian—one Latin, one Orthodox—did
not stop the Western Crusaders from sacking Constantinople in 1204. Similarly, the rift between Sunni and Shi’ite
Muslims in the East was exploited by the Franks during the First Crusade, enabling them to re-take and hold
Jerusalem. Through two centuries of fighting, Christians allied with Muslims, and Muslims with Christians, when
the need arose.
The silver coins in this collection represent some of the disparate peoples who joined the fray during the 200 years
of warfare we know as the Crusades:
Armenia
Crusader armies on the march needed to cross Christian Armenia to get to the Holy Land. The kingdom of Cilicia
(Armenia) supported and allied with the Crusader armies in the late 1100s to the 1300s. Armenian coins were
inspired by the designs of the English coins of Richard I, the Lionhearted, a friend of the Armenians and a famous
crusader of that period.
Swabia
The Germanic territory that was the birthplace of many a royal line, Swabia was the home of Frederick Barbarossa, a
prominent figure in the Third Crusade and an associate of Richard the Lionhearted. Duke Philip of Swabia was a key
player in the Fourth Crusade, and other knights of the region “took the Cross” throughout the 14
th
century.
Khwarezmid Empire
Muslims from Central Asia with ambitions to push all the way to Egypt, the Khwarezm were ceded Palestine by the
Egyptian sultan, who hoped to appease the warlike people. They held Jerusalem during the late 12
th
century,
slaughtering all inhabitants they found, of any religion, without mercy. A formidable foe, they were wiped out in
turn by Genghis Khan.
Mamluk Sultanate
The word
mamluk
means
slave
in Arabic. Once human chattel, these people of the Caucasus developed into a
veritable warrior class. The “slave kings,” as they are known, were allied with the Ayyubids in the battles against the
Crusaders. They seized control of Egypt, Palestine, and Syria after the Ayyubids were destroyed ca. 1250, and held
the Holy Land for over 250 years.
Il-khanate
Mongols of Persia, the Il-khans were enemies of both the Ayyubids and Mamluks. Ilkhans (means “lesser” Khans)
were repeatedly driven off by the Mamluks. They helped the Crusaders by defeating the Ayyubids, but the Mamluks
remained undefeated. Ilkhans tried unsuccessfully to ally with the Frankish crusaders; they ended up allied with
their enemy, the Byzantine Christians, in their unsuccessful campaigns against the Mamluks.
Frankish Greece
The Frankokratia is the name for the whole of the small Frankish principalities that spouted up in Central Asia and
the Middle East after the fall of Constantinople in 1204. These included Thessalonica, Achaea, Argos and Nauplia,
Athens, Naxos, Bodonitsa, Salona, and Negroponte, among other places. These principaltities were conquered by
knights from the West, mainly sons of the nobility who were not firstborn. “Franks” is what all Western Crusaders
were called, regardless of origin.
Data:
Armenian Trams;
Obverse: Kings of Armenia; Reverse: Lion with cross; 2.9-3.2 grams; 19-22 mm
2. German Heller coin (Swabia);
Obverse: cross; Reverse: An open raised hand (as a sign of honesty). The
'Händleinsheller' ('Hand-Heller') was minted from c. 1228 in Schwäbisch Hall); 0.3-0.6 grams; 16-18 mm
3. Khwarizmshah Dirham;
Obverse and reverse: Islamic inscriptions; 4.6-6.5 grams; 25-30 mm
4. Mamluk Dirham;
Obverse & Reverse: Islamic inscription with names and titles;1.3 grams; 13-15 mm
5. Il-Khanate Dirham;
Obverse & Reverse: Islamic inscriptions; 2.5-3.6 grams; 19-22 mm
6. Frankish Greece Denier-Tournois;
Obverse: stylized castle; Reverse:Crusader cross; 0.6-1 g;18.5-19mm
Order Coin type and grade may vary somewhat from image
Box measures: 7.25” x 5.5”
All coins in each set are protected in an archival capsule and beautifully displayed in a mahogany-like box. The box set is accompanied
with a story card, certificate of authenticity, and a black gift box.
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