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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;FitzNigel, post: 2758085, member: 74712&quot;]Well, my visit was short and sweet.&nbsp; A few ancient dealers, but sadly no &#039;bargain bins&#039; to grab cheap lrbs for my students (at least not any romans - there were some Byzantines, but I&#039;m not going to ask my kids to work in a Greek).&nbsp; Very few medievals as well, which meant a short trip for me (spent more time in the car than the actual show, but I like road trips).&nbsp; I did nab my first gold however:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]633174[/ATTACH] </p><p>Norman Italy - Sicily</p><p>Roger II, r. 1130-1154 (1140-1154)</p><p>Palermo mint, AV Taris, 12.66 mm x 1.1 grams</p><p>Obv.: Outer Cufic legend denoting date and mint, inner Cufic legend al-malik Rujar al-mu’tazz bi-llah, pellet in center of dotted circle</p><p>Rev.: Outer cubic legend denoting date and mint, in center, cross potent on shaft with pellet between IC XC NI KA</p><p>Ref.: [MEC 14.202]; De Wit 3796</p><p><br /></p><p>The outer legend is not very visible in hand, but bits can be seen enlarged in the picture.&nbsp; I&#039;m going to have to spend some time to see if I can figure out the date (and confirm I have the correct mint... fairly certain I do based on other elements of the design)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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