Download or read book Coinage of the Crusades and the Latin East in the Ashmolean Museum Oxford written by David Michael Metcalf and published by Ashmolean Museum. This book was released on 1995 with total page 590 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published in 1983, this is the first serious catalogue of Crusader coinage since Schlumberger (1878). It does not repreat the historical background information which can be found in Schlumberger, but concentrates on numismatic discussion, giving an up-to-date explanation of how the various series of coins are classified. It is primarily an essay on numismatic classification, accompanied by an inventory with maps of hoards ans site-finds from territory under Latin control (Aleppo or Bulgaria). There is also a concordance with Schlumberger's plates.