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<p>[QUOTE="+VGO.DVCKS, post: 7677570, member: 110504"]Magnificent OP and follow-up, [USER=118358]@The Trachy Enjoyer[/USER], with the usual coins to match!</p><p>It's been too recently that I posted my one, representative trachy of John. And I have a confession of sorts. I got it only for his significance to the late career of Jean de Brienne, who ended his days (d. 1237) as Latin emperor; father-in-law and regent for the equally incompetent Baldwin II (--relative to both John and, to a lesser extent, Jean). ...And who I collect expansively and obsessively. (France to Acre to Italy to the Latin empire --quite an arc.)</p><p>...Honest, who knew Wiki was That Good? Gotta find the article. I'll bet the bibliography for that will be an eye-opener, too. But your OP already did as much!!!</p><p>...There's something downright poignant about rulers of this calibre, who show up during serious low points in the polity's history. Like the Illyrian emperors in Rome.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="+VGO.DVCKS, post: 7677570, member: 110504"]Magnificent OP and follow-up, [USER=118358]@The Trachy Enjoyer[/USER], with the usual coins to match! It's been too recently that I posted my one, representative trachy of John. And I have a confession of sorts. I got it only for his significance to the late career of Jean de Brienne, who ended his days (d. 1237) as Latin emperor; father-in-law and regent for the equally incompetent Baldwin II (--relative to both John and, to a lesser extent, Jean). ...And who I collect expansively and obsessively. (France to Acre to Italy to the Latin empire --quite an arc.) ...Honest, who knew Wiki was That Good? Gotta find the article. I'll bet the bibliography for that will be an eye-opener, too. But your OP already did as much!!! ...There's something downright poignant about rulers of this calibre, who show up during serious low points in the polity's history. Like the Illyrian emperors in Rome.[/QUOTE]
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