Antiochene Copper of Roger of Salerno

The city of Antioch, situated on the banks of the Orontes River in modern day Turkey, was captured in 1098 during the First Crusade. The city became the centre of a new Crusader State. The coins that were minted in the brief period of 1098 until 1130 were influenced by Byzantine currency, with newer styles then being minted until the mid-thirteenth century.

Object type

Coins

Date

Production: 1112 - 1119

Subject(s)

Bearers of the Cross
Crusades

Associated person

Roger of Salerno (c.1080 - 1119)
Subject: The Virgin Mary (c. 18 BC - after c. 33 AD)

Inscriptions

obverse: MH-OV

reverse: +/ KE BOH / OEITWCW / AOV^WP / OTSEPI / W+ (for Lord help your servant Roger)

Dimensions

Diameter: 22mm
Weight: 5.62g

Materials and technique

Copper, struck

Production place

Antioch
Ancient Syria

Themes

The Queen and queens of the Crusades

References

Metcalf, David Michael. Coinage of the Crusades and the Latin East in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford. London: Royal Numismatic Society, 1995.
Page 28

Credit line

The Mildred King Memorial Collection.
Gift of Colonel E.J. King, 1935

Catalogue number

ANT23