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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Sulla80, post: 3264723, member: 99456&quot;][ATTACH]859631[/ATTACH] [USER=42634]@chrsmat71[/USER] the charging knight is quite impressive.&nbsp; I don&#039;t have many medieval coins, but this one from Norman Sicily caught my eye a few years ago:</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Tancred (King of Sicily reigned 1189-1194) Æ Follaro</b></p><p><b>Obv:</b> +<i>ROGERIVS:</i>; in center, <i>REX</i>; dots above and below</p><p><b>Rev:</b> Arabic (Kufic) legend on two lines - المالك تنقرير (<i>al-malik Tanqrir; the King, Tancred</i>)</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]859626[/ATTACH]</p><p>Tancred has quite a story as the bastard son of Roger the III.&nbsp; Short, ugly and mocked by his critics as the &quot;Monkey King&quot;, a small but fierce soldier he was called &quot;Tancredulus&quot;, battles for the throne in Sicily, exile to Constantinople, sailing a fleet to Alexandria, Egypt, only to retreat quickly, a coup to become king of Sicily, a reign of 5 years that included battles with Richard the I of England and Philip the II of France which led to a treaty and a gift of the sword Excalibur (purported to be King Arthur&#039;s) from Richard the I (The Lionheart), more battles with his Aunt Constance and her husband Emperor Henry the VI for the throne, more battles in Apulia, and ultimately his death in Palermo in 1194 at the age of 56.</p><p><br /></p><p>I couldn&#039;t resist this coin of 2.2g and 15mm, small, and perhaps ugly, like Tancred himself.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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