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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;svessien, post: 24901203, member: 15481&quot;]Tancred is an interesting figure. It seems he has been viewed as a hero, figuring in novels by Walter Scott and Benjamin Disraeli, and various poems. Or may this have been the Tancred of Sicily to whom Richard the 3rd gave a sword they claimed was Excalibur? I&#039;m not certain. In any case, here is one heroic Tancred in a renaissance painting:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1600241[/ATTACH] </p><p><font size="6"><b>Erminia Finds the Wounded Tancred</b></font></p><p>The subject is from the 16th century Italian epic poem by Torquato Tasso, “Jerusalem Delivered”. Erminia and Vafrino come to the aid of the hero Tancred who has been wounded in battle. His opponent, Argant, lies dead in the background of the picture. Erminia cuts off her hair using Tancred’s sword in order to bandage Tancred’s wounds. As a representative of the Veronese school Turchi succeeded also in Rome, where he was appointed “Principe” of Accademia di San Luca in 1637.</p><p>Source: <a href="https://www.khm.at/en/objectdb/detail/1969/?lv=detail" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.khm.at/en/objectdb/detail/1969/?lv=detail" rel="nofollow">https://www.khm.at/en/objectdb/detail/1969/?lv=detail</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s one of my two coins of Tancred:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://img.colleconline.com/artefactimg/a1016baa499045669a3729f57b213ce4/c5feb0686f10470db80dcac80e38c569.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Tancred. As regent. First reign, 1101-1103 AD</p><p><br /></p><p><i>AE Follis, Antioch</i></p><p><br /></p><p>Obverse: Bust of Tancred facing, wearing turban and holding sword</p><p><br /></p><p>Reference: Cross pommetée, fleuronnée at base; in quarters, IC / [XC] – NI / K[A].</p><p><br /></p><p>Reference: Metcalf 63-70; CCS 4a.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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