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Follis - Baudouin II 1st type
| Issuer | County of Edessa |
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| Year | 1108-1118 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Reverse description | A bold floriated or pattee cross occupies the center of the reverse field, with each of the four arms terminating in a pellet or trefoil ornament, creating a flowered cross design. The cross is rendered in high relief against a plain field, with additional pellets decorating the angles between the arms. The style is characteristic of Crusader copper coinage struck in the County of Edessa during the early twelfth century, showing strong Byzantine influence in its decorative vocabulary. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Baudouin II governed Edessa twice — first as count from 1100, then intermittently while held captive by the Artuqids and Danishmendids on three separate occasions between 1104 and 1108. This coin belongs to the period following his return from the last of those captivities, a ransom settled only through contributions extracted from the Armenian population of the county. The chronic instability of Edessan finances under sustained Turkic military pressure makes well-preserved copper from this decade genuinely uncommon.