CRUSADERS. Edessa. Baldwin II, second reign, 1108-1118. Heavy Follis (Bronze, 27 mm, 7.55 g), Early fall of 1108. Count Baldwin II, dressed in chain-armour and conical helmet, standing front, head to left, holding drawn sword in his right hand and shield with his left. Rev. Patriarchal cross on two-stepped base, large pellet in each upper angle, three pellets and sprig in each lower angle. Metcalf, Crusades, p. 33, Baldwin Class 3. MPS 7. Porteous 6. Wäckerlin 164. Very rare. Traces of overstriking, otherwise, about very fine.

The attribution of this type with the standing knight to Count Baldwin II is not entirely certain: Porteous attributed it to the end of the reign of Richard of Salerno, a cousin of Tancred of Antiochia, who had been appointed governor of Edessa by the latter in 1104, while Malloy places the issue to shortly after Baldwin's return from Seljuk captivity in early fall of 1108