Amalric I AR Denier – Kingdom of Jerusalem, Crusader States

Medieval Billon Denier of Amalric I

Crusader States – Kingdom of Jerusalem

Obv: ✠ AMALRICVS REX Cross pattée with two pellets in opposite angels.

Rev: ✠ DE IERVSALEM Tower of David facing.

1163 – 1174 AD. · Jerusalem Mint · Metcalf 186 var (No Pellet in Obv Legend)

0.7g · 18mm

Amalric I of Jerusalem (r. 1163–1174) was one of the most capable rulers of the Latin Kingdom, noted for his administrative reforms and efforts to strengthen royal authority. His ambitious campaigns in Egypt, though ultimately unsuccessful, played a pivotal role in shaping the balance of power in the eastern Mediterranean during the age of the Crusades.