1. Artemide Aste
  2. Artemide 66E (9-10 March 2024)
  3. Oriente Latino
Lot 738:
Tripoli. Raymond III (1152-1187). AE Pougeoise. Obv. Fortified gateway with five rows of masonry and five crenellations, and large divided door with rounded top. Rev. St'Andrew's cross; circle in center, crescents in each quarter. Malloy 13; Schl. pl. IV, 9/11; Metcalf 523/529. AE. 0.77 g. 16.00 mm. R. EF.
Ex Collection Blankenberg.
The anonymous 'castle coppers' began to be struck during the reign of Raymond III. It is possible that the gateway design was instituted to memoralize his father Raymond II who was killed by assassins at the city gate of Tripoli in 1152. The design of the city gate also harks back to the period of Poins when seals of the counts have a reverse depicting the city of Tripoli with three towers and the city wall with a two door gate. A similar tower appears on the coinage of Sidon after 1170, and on the coinage of Beirut after 1205. The castle coppers have been divided into six types according to the style (see Sabine 'Tripoli' pp. 109-112 Nos. 240-331). Funny to note how these coins undergo a gradual degeneration in style until they resemble the Genoese gateway rather than the original type.
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