Guillaume de Villehardouin AR Denier – Crusader States. Principality of Achaea

Medieval:  Crusader States  Silver Denier Tournois of Guillaume de Villehardouin, Principality of Achaea

Obv: ✠:G: PRINCE ACH’, cross pattée

Rev: ✠’CLARЄNTIA’, castle tournois.

1278 – 1285 AD. ·  Principality of Achaea · Malloy 10b

0.7g · 19mm

Guillaume de Villehardouin was a Frankish prince and ruler of the Principality of Achaea in the 13th century, known for expanding and fortifying the territory after the Fourth Crusade. The Principality of Achaea, a vassal state of the Latin Empire, flourished under his rule, becoming a key center of Frankish power in the Peloponnese.