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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Severus Alexander, post: 8267030, member: 84744&quot;]My question about posting Byzantine has nothing to do with the definition of &quot;medieval,&quot; but only to do with the function of the thread.&nbsp; It seemed it had come to play the role of allowing fans of less popular medieval coins to post stuff, and I like that.&nbsp; As long as it continues to perform that function I have no problem with the occasional Byzantine showing up.&nbsp; And besides, the doyen of the thread has spoken! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>A couple new things, even though it&#039;s Tuesday (see, I can bend the rules too):</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1458708[/ATTACH] </p><p>Knights of Rhodes (Knights Hospitaller), Hélion of Villeneuve, 1319-1346, Gigliato.&nbsp; Hélion forbade his knights from pursuing the Dragon of Rhodes, but a certain Dieudonné de Gozon disobeyed this order and by specially training his dogs managed to vanquish the beast.&nbsp; Hélion punished Dieudonné for disobedience, but later relented and promoted him. Dieudonné became the next Grand Master.&nbsp; Meanwhile, the head of the &quot;Dragon&quot; was hung above one of the castle gates and remained there for several hundred years.&nbsp; Later visitors said that it was in fact a crocodile.&nbsp; (I thought this was a pretty cool story!)</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1458709[/ATTACH] </p><p>Umayyad: temp. Hisham, dated 113 AH = 731/2. AR <b>fourrée</b> dirham.</p><p>When&#039;s the last time you saw a fourrée Umayyad dirham?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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