Guy II de La Roche AR Denier Tournois – Crusader States – Principality of Achaea

Medieval:  Crusader States  Silver Denier Tournois of Gui II de La Roche, Principality of Achaea

Obv: ✠:GVI:DVX:ATЄNЄS:, Cross within circle

Rev: THEBANI CIVIS, Castle Tournois

1294 – 1308 AD. ·  Principality of Achaea · Metcalf 275-277

0.8g · 19mm

The Principality of Achaea was a crusader state founded in 1205 after the Fourth Crusade, located in the Peloponnese region of Greece. It became one of the most prosperous Latin states in Greece, known for its chivalric culture, flourishing economy, and as a center of power for the Frankish nobility until its decline in the later Middle Ages due to Byzantine and Ottoman pressures.