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Auction: 22106 - Spink Numismatic e-Circular 18 - British and World Coins, Medals and Tokens - e-Auction
Lot: 1882

Belgium, Godfrey of Bouillon, Defender of the Holy Sepulchre (1099-1100), Commemoration in the Royal Square of Brussels, AE Medal, 1858, by Simonis and Hart, GODEFRID. BVLLON. DVX LOTH. MARCH. ANTV. REX HIEROS., crowned and armoured bust left, rev. HEROI SVO PATRIA POSVIT A. MDCCCXLVIII., view of the monument dedicated to Godfrey in Royal Square, 73mm, 174.39g (Wurzbach 922), patches of verdrigis, some light contact marks to revser field, otherwise a bold very fine

Godfrey of Bouillon (c.1060-1100), was one of the pre-emiment leaders of the First Crusade and from 1099 till his death in 1100, he was the first ruler of the Kingdom of Jerusalem.

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