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Follis - Tancred St Peter with cross - 1st type
| Issuer | Principality of Antioch |
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| Year | 1104-1112 |
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| Currency | Denier (1098-1268) |
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| Obverse script | Greek |
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| Reverse description | The reverse field is entirely occupied by a five-line Greek votive inscription arranged horizontally across the flan, commencing with a small cross at the top. The text, rendered in large, bold characters with little spacing, invokes divine assistance for Tancred, the Norman regent of Antioch, in a formulaic Byzantine supplicatory style. The inscription fills the available field with minimal border ornamentation, consistent with the utilitarian character of early Crusader copper coinage. The lettering is irregular in size and alignment, reflecting hammered production on an uneven flan. |
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Tancred governed Antioch as regent twice — first from 1101 to 1103 while Bohemond I was held captive by the Danishmend emir Gazi Gümüshtekin, then again from 1104 following the catastrophic Crusader defeat at Harran, where Bohemond was captured a second time by the Artuqids. He would never meaningfully return. Tancred ruled uncontested until his death in 1112, and this follis belongs to that longer regency period.
The type is attributed by Malloy as an early issue, predating Tancred's second type, though the precise sequencing within the 1104–1112 range remains debated among scholars of Crusader numismatics.