Outremer (Latin East, Crusaders), County of Tripoli, Bohemund VII (1275-1287), half-penny, men. Tripoli.
Av. ✠SЄPTIMVS⁝BOЄMVNDVS⁝COMЄS, cross in 12-arc border.
Rv. ✠CIVITAS⁝TRIPOLIS⁝SУRIЄ, three-towered Blue Jerusalem with three gates in 12-arc border.
Silver, 2.10 g, 19.7 mm. CCS 27; Metcalf, Crusades 1995, 500-3.
Condition I-, beautiful iridescent patina, and mint mirror underneath, a beautiful coin.
The inscription "Tripolis Syrie" was meant to distinguish this city from "Tripolis Barbarie." Today they are cities in Lebanon and Libya, respectively. Ex Artemide Aste s.r.l. (San Marino), Auction L, 3-4.11.2018, lot 694.
