Crusader Numismatics: How Immobilized Types are Classified, How Chronologies are Revised and Verified, and How Coins are Attributed to Their Mints

Abstract

A large hoard of Crusader coins recently found in Syria, allegedly at Hârim, allows us to
re-examine the traditional chronology of the coins of the Crusader states (Antioch,
Tripoli, Jerusalem) in the second half of the twelfth century. The location of the mint or
mints in the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem is discussed, with reference also to the gold
coinage.