5th Crusade JOHN OF BRIENNE Antique Finish Silver Coin 2011 Cook Islands

5th Crusade JOHN OF BRIENNE Antique Finish Silver Coin 2011 Cook IslandsBeautiful Antique Finish Sterling Silver Coin. Mintage limited to only 1000 coins! FROM THE COIN SERIES: HISTORY OF THE CRUSADES. The Fifth Crusade (12131221) was an attempt to reacquire Jerusalem and the rest of the Holy Land by first conquering the powerful Ayyubid state in Egypt. Pope Innocent III and his successor Pope Honorius III organized crusading armies led by the king Andrew II of Hungary and the Duke Leopold VI of Austria, and a foray against Jerusalem ultimately left the city in Muslim hands. Later in 1218, a