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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Magnus Maximus, post: 2608185, member: 73473&quot;]I think I&#039;ll start collecting Norman coins, along with my late Eastern Roman trachy&#039;s, to supplement my Siliquae collection.</p><p>Here is a coin of an Emperor who took on the Sicilian Normans and won.</p><p>Emperor Alexius I Komenenos</p><p>Billion Trachy</p><p>1081-1118 CE</p><p>2.61 grams</p><p>[ATTACH=full]570322[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is a great article on Norman coins, very interesting indeed!</p><p><a href="http://www.academia.edu/6114798/Kings_and_Coins_V_-_The_Normans_in_Europe" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.academia.edu/6114798/Kings_and_Coins_V_-_The_Normans_in_Europe" rel="nofollow">http://www.academia.edu/6114798/Kings_and_Coins_V_-_The_Normans_in_Europe</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Surprisingly even after the Norman Kingdom of Sicily was founded the Romans still used Norman mercenaries, often to great effect. I always admired how the Romans never discriminated against entire ethnic groups and let merit based people of all cultures into the Empire.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]570323[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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