Principality of Achaea. Gui II de La Roche BI Denier Tournois (Crusader States)

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

Obv: ✠ : ThЄBΛHI • CIVIS, castle tournois, star below.

Rev: ✠ G • DVX • ATЄIIЄS •, cross pattée.

1287-1308 AD. ·  Principality of Achaea · Metcalf 1059ff

0.7g · 20mm

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.