Latin Rulers

1204 - 1261

Emperors: Baudoin I  (1204 - 1205)
                   Henri (1205 - 1216)
                   Pierre de Courtney (1216 - 1217)
                   Yolande (1217 - 1219)
                   Interregnum (1219 - 1221)
                   Robert de Courtney (1221 - 1228)
                   Baudoin II de Courtney (1228 - 1261)

The coins of the period of Latin (i.e. Western Crusader) rule are generally of very poor quality and there is no distinction between coins of different emperors.

 

Billon Small ModuleTrachy

Obv : Bust of Christ.
 

Rev : Archangel Michael, standing, facing, holding globus cruciger.

BCV 2036, 1204 - 1261

Constantinople mint. 23mm diameter (longest axis).

 

Billon Small Module Trachy

Obv : Virgin enthroned.
 

Rev : The emperor Theodore and St. Theodore standing facing, holding a cross between them. This is a copy of a trachy issued at about the same time by the emperor Theodore I Comnenus-Lascaris of Nicaea.

Constantinople mint. 20mm diameter.

 

Billon Small Module Trachy

Obv : Christ enthroned, holding a book of the Gospels.
 

Rev : Emperor standing, holding labarum and globus cruciger.

BCV 2035, 1204 - 1261

Constantinople mint. 19mm diameter (longest axis)