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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;FitzNigel, post: 2736938, member: 74712&quot;]I love the medieval myself - although I sometimes wish there was a greater artistic variety.&nbsp; Most (particularly French and English) just show a cross and legend.&nbsp; German Coins are a bit of an exception (my profile coin bing an example).&nbsp; I guess that also leads me to my newest acquisition from JA, since it very much follows some medieval iconography (particularly equestrian seals)</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]623935[/ATTACH] </p><p>Norman Italy - Calabria</p><p>Roger I, r. 1072-1101 (1098-1101)</p><p>Mileto Mint AE Trifollaro, 28.04 mm x 8.3 grams</p><p>Obv.: ROG [ERVS] COME +S. Roger, mounted left wearing Norman helm, holding kite shield and striped banner</p><p>Rev.: + MARIA [MATE]R DNI (’N’ retrograde). Enthroned nimbate Virgin Mary holding on lap Christ child, nimbate and in swaddling clothes right</p><p>Ref.: De Wit 3789</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ll reserve my additional thoughts on the coin for a larger write-up later (and my apologies to my competition for this coin...&nbsp; this has been on my want list for a while!)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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