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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Hrefn, post: 7621639, member: 115171&quot;]And here a Follis of Tancred, Principality of Antioch.&nbsp; 1101-1112 AD.&nbsp; 2.45 grams, bronze.&nbsp; Roma Numismatics, E-sale 62 lot #1273, 17 Oct 2019</p><p><br /></p><p>Tancred’s name is very clear.&nbsp; The reverse is lC XS NI KA, “Jesus Christ conquers” in Greek.&nbsp;&nbsp; While formerly it was believed Tancred was wearing a turban, and this was felt emblematic of a division between early arrivals who took on Eastern customs, and later Crusaders who remained unreconstructed barbarians, I believe the present scholarly consensus is this is merely Tancred’s long hair.&nbsp; [ATTACH=full]1311595[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1311596[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Tancred’s Norman relatives ruling Sicily used the same reverse on this gold tari.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1311597[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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