[Baldwin I, King of Jerusalem, 1058-1118; full images on both sides of coin] – Vintage Print
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(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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A window into the past: [Baldwin I, King of Jerusalem, 1058-1118; full images on both sides of coin], preserved in this historic print. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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[Baldwin I, King of Jerusalem, 1058-1118; full images on both sides of coin]
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Both faces of a single coin appear side by side in this line cut, which pairs the obverse and reverse of a piece associated with Baldwin I, King of Jerusalem. Baldwin, born around 1058, had already ruled the county of Edessa before he became the first king of Jerusalem in 1100, after his brother Godfrey of Bouillon's death. Coins minted in the Latin kingdom often borrowed designs and inscriptions from Byzantine and Muslim currency, so comparing the two faces shows how the new rulers tried to look both familiar and distinctly their own. The 1891 date in the record places the engraving in the late nineteenth century, when antiquarians were studying crusader coinage closely.
| Medium | 1 print : line cut. |
|---|---|
| Notes | 1891 |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,141 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-119821 |
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