Another i.d. question...

tbirde56 · May 29, 2008 4:20AM

SEPTIMUS COGNUNDUSCOHGS ??? (cross) ...(Castle):TRIPOLIS SYRIE (cross) CIVITAS (period)

newsman · May 29, 2008 4:32AM

It's a gros from the Crusader state of Tripoli, Count Bohemond VII (1275-87).

The inscription should read "+SEPTIMVS:BOEMVNDVS:COMES" and "+CIVITAS:TRIPOLIS:SYRIE"

tbirde56 · May 29, 2008 4:38AM

Thanks Newsman!

newsman · May 29, 2008 4:39AM

You're quite welcome. I just got one of those myself. Lots of interesting history in those coins.

CIVITAS · May 29, 2008 5:40AM

Does not look genuine in the photo. What does it weigh and how does the edge look?

tbirde56 · May 29, 2008 3:16PM

Someone contacted me about this piece and said his dad, a longtime collector, doesn't remember where he got it from, but he thinks it was given to him by his grandfather who used to live in Europe.

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