★ From the E. Wäckerlin Collection ★

CRUSADERS. Antioch. Tancred, regent, 1101-1112. Follis (Bronze, 20 mm, 2.94 g, 6 h), 2nd type. ΚΕ ΒΟ TANKPI Cuirassed bust of Tancred facing, wearing turban with cross and holding sword in his right hand. Rev. Cross pommée, fleuronée at base; in angles, IC - XC / NI-KA. Metcalf 63. MPS p. 199, 4. Schlumberger II, 7. Overstruck on Tancred First Type; traces in right field of the obverse. Very fine.

From the collections of Dr. Max Blaschegg (1930-2021, with collector’s ticket) and that of Erich Wäckerlin, Münzen & Medaillen GmbH 47, 23 May 2019, 86, previously privately acquired from Schweizerische Kreditanstalt Bern in October 1986.