Amalric, king of Jerusalem (1163-1174), the king seated facing on a backless throne, holding sceptre surmounted by a cross in his right hand, a globus cruciger in his left, circular inscription **, rev. the city of Jerusalem, the crenellated ramperts pierced with many windows, a large gateway in the centre, the three principle monuments of the city above, from left to right the Holy Sepulchre, the Tower of David, and the Temple, circular inscription **, 39.34g. (Schlumberger-Blanchet, Orient latin, pp.6-7), slightly bent, otherwise very fine

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Amalric, king of Jerusalem (1163-1174), the king seated facing on a backless throne, holding sceptre surmounted by a cross in his right hand, a globus cruciger in his left, circular inscription **, rev. the city of Jerusalem, the crenellated ramperts pierced with many windows, a large gateway in the centre, the three principle monuments of the city above, from left to right the Holy Sepulchre, the Tower of David, and the Temple, circular inscription **, 39.34g. (Schlumberger-Blanchet, Orient latin, pp.6-7), slightly bent, otherwise very fine

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Amalric succeeded his brother Baldwin III as king of Jerusalem in 1063. He formed an alliance with the Byzantine emperor Manuel Comnenus against Fatimid Egypt, which was at this time in serious decline. Though frustrated in his ambition to annex Egypt, Amlaric presided over one of the most prosperous periods in the Latin kingdom's history.