Size: (20x18) mm, 2.0 grams, bronze.
Emperor Standing / Christ enthroned, inscriptions in fields. Very nice for the type.
The knights of the Fourth Crusade set up a Crusader kingdom known as the Latin Empire or Romania based on Constantinople after sacking the city in 1204. They intended it to be a Roman Catholic successor of the Byzantine Empire. Baldwin IX, Count of Flanders, was crowned the first emperor May 16, 1204.A nice trachy, from later types. These trachies were issued by the various Crusader Emperors - they are almost always extremely crude.
This coin is guaranteed to be authentic.