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<p>[QUOTE="Orielensis, post: 5185216, member: 96898"]That's a fascinating coin! I agree that Norman Sicily is one of the most interesting chapters in medieval history.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here are my two coins of William II:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1213376[/ATTACH]</p><p><font size="3">Norman Kingdom of Sicily, under William II "the Good," AE trifollaro, 1166–1189 AD, Messina mint. Obv: lion's head facing. Rev: palm tree. 26mm, 10.27g. Ref: Spahr 117; Biaggi 1231. Ex Savoca, White Auction 1, lot 15.</font></p><p><font size="3"><br /></font></p><p><font size="3">[ATTACH=full]1213375[/ATTACH] </font></p><p><font size="3">Norman Kingdom of Sicily, under William II "the Good" follaro, bronze 1166–1189 AD, Messina or Palermo mint. Obv: Lion's head left. Rev: Kufic script: "al-malik Ghulyalim al-thani" ('King William the second'). 14mm, 1.87g. Ref: Spahr 118.</font></p><p><br /></p><p>Sicily remained an important cultural contact zone between Cristian Europe and the Muslim world during the Hohenstaufen period. Emperor Frederick II, for example, grew up in Palermo and probably spoke Arabic as a child. He was able to negotiate directly with Al-Kamil, had a "Saracen" personal guard, and brought a number of Arab scholars to his court, which led to a fruitful engagement with Arabic science and thought in the West.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is a denaro of Frederick's father Henry VI, the first Hohenstaufen ruler of Sicily:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1213377[/ATTACH]</p><p><font size="3">Kingdom of Sicily, under Heinrich VI of Hohenstaufen, BI denaro, 1194–1196 AD, Brindisi mint. Obv: .HE. INPERATOR; cross withtwo stars in quadrants. Rev: .C. INPERATRIX; AP with omega-stroke above. 16mm, 0.52g. Ref: Spahr 30; MEC XIV 485–487.</font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Orielensis, post: 5185216, member: 96898"]That's a fascinating coin! I agree that Norman Sicily is one of the most interesting chapters in medieval history. Here are my two coins of William II: [ATTACH=full]1213376[/ATTACH] [SIZE=3]Norman Kingdom of Sicily, under William II "the Good," AE trifollaro, 1166–1189 AD, Messina mint. Obv: lion's head facing. Rev: palm tree. 26mm, 10.27g. Ref: Spahr 117; Biaggi 1231. Ex Savoca, White Auction 1, lot 15. [ATTACH=full]1213375[/ATTACH] Norman Kingdom of Sicily, under William II "the Good" follaro, bronze 1166–1189 AD, Messina or Palermo mint. Obv: Lion's head left. Rev: Kufic script: "al-malik Ghulyalim al-thani" ('King William the second'). 14mm, 1.87g. Ref: Spahr 118.[/SIZE] Sicily remained an important cultural contact zone between Cristian Europe and the Muslim world during the Hohenstaufen period. Emperor Frederick II, for example, grew up in Palermo and probably spoke Arabic as a child. He was able to negotiate directly with Al-Kamil, had a "Saracen" personal guard, and brought a number of Arab scholars to his court, which led to a fruitful engagement with Arabic science and thought in the West. Here is a denaro of Frederick's father Henry VI, the first Hohenstaufen ruler of Sicily: [ATTACH=full]1213377[/ATTACH] [SIZE=3]Kingdom of Sicily, under Heinrich VI of Hohenstaufen, BI denaro, 1194–1196 AD, Brindisi mint. Obv: .HE. INPERATOR; cross withtwo stars in quadrants. Rev: .C. INPERATRIX; AP with omega-stroke above. 16mm, 0.52g. Ref: Spahr 30; MEC XIV 485–487.[/SIZE][/QUOTE]
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