(sold for $12.0)

13??, Crusader States/Achaia/Athens. AE Denier Tournois Crusader Coin or Token.

Reference: Metcalf -. Mint Period: 13??-???? Denomination: AE Denier Tournois Coin or Token Condition: Crudely struck with seamless legends in reverse, otherise F! Material: Bronze Diameter: 21mm Weight: 1.65gm

Obverse: Stylized castle, topped by cross and flanked by pellets. Reverse: Short-cross within inner circle. Seamless legend around.

Buy with confidence!

The Principality of Achaea or of the Morea was one of the three vassal states of the Latin Empire which replaced the Byzantine Empire after the capture of Constantinople during the Fourth Crusade. It became a vassal of the Kingdom of Thessalonica, along with the Duchy of Athens, until Thessalonica was captured by Theodore, the despot of Epirus, in 1224. After this, Achaea became for a while the dominant power in Greece.