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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Gavin Richardson, post: 3080730, member: 83956&quot;]Greetings from Kalamazoo, Michigan, home of the 53rd Annual International Congress on Medieval Studies.&nbsp; Since I am a lit guy, I typically do not attend the numismatics sessions. But I broke with tradition and enjoyed three papers yesterday. I was intrigued by one on the gold bezant—especially one issue struck by Christians in the holy land with Arabic legends praising the Trinity and Jesus as Messiah. I wondered if such a legend was a hostile political act toward Muslim crusader enemies or a more evangelical gesture.</p><p><br /></p><p>I was especially pleased to meet Ron Bude (left), Mr. Roman Lode himself, who’s doing some interesting metallurgical analysis of Constantinian era coinage. I’m not sure why I look so happy. Maybe it was early in the day and I wasn’t tired yet.</p><p><br /></p><p>So post your crusader era coinage or even a gold bezant, should you be remarkably lucky enough to own one.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]775748[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]775749[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]775750[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]775751[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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