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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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| Value | 1 Follis (1⁄228) |
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| Obverse description | Facing bust of Saint Peter, nimbate, draped, holding a large key in his right hand and a cross in his left; the figure is rendered in a crude Byzantine style typical of early Crusader coinage. The bust is centrally placed within the coin field, with the abbreviated Greek legend ΠΕ-TPOC (Petros) flanking the figure on either side. The flan is irregular and slightly angular, consistent with the hammered fabric of the period. |
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| Obverse lettering | ΠΕ-TPOC |
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Tancred governed Antioch as regent twice — first from 1101 to 1103 while Bohemond I was held prisoner by the Danishmend Turks, then again from 1104 following the catastrophic defeat at Harran, where Bohemond was captured a second time by the Artuqids. This coin belongs to that second regency, a period during which Tancred consolidated effective control and began issuing coinage in his own name rather than waiting for a lord who would, in practice, never return to rule Antioch.
The Metcalf 54 classification distinguishes this first type from later variants by specific epigraphic features in the Greek inscription.