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This is a helpful thread to me. Although these are not within my primary focus group I do have four examples. If anyone could offer attribution input I'd surely and sincerely be MUCH obliged.

The tari = 13 mm & 1.25 gr. Spahr_66 per seller, but...???
The larger of the 2 half-follaro = 16 mm & 1.28 gr. I think it's Spahr_80.
The smaller of the 2 half-follaro = 9 mm & .81 gr. Also Spahr_80 I think.
The follaro = 26.5 mm & 11.74 gr. Seller didn't include attribution cite.

Roger II gold tari Spahr_66 by philologus_1 posted Jan 7, 2018 at 10:01 AM

Roger II Spahr_80 pair half-follaro by philologus_1 posted Jan 7, 2018 at 10:01 AM

Roger I mary and child AE follaro by philologus_1 posted Jan 7, 2018 at 10:00 AM

 

Thanks! I like it, too. And I acquired it for a very reasonable price. $280 in 2014 from Gert Boersema. I was highly pleased. :-D

 

That tari is a very nicely struck coin, with the IC XC, Koine Greek for JS CHS, Jesus Christ very clear. I have read somewhere that the other side in Arabic, is in a blundered Kufic script and may not actually mean anything at all. Roger himself was a Norman more used to the Roman alphabet (if literate) but his subjects on the island still were not far removed from Byzantine administration (using Greek) and had been dealing with Arab invasions for centuries. I like to see this coinage as hedging one's bets.

 

Hi , everyone

i'm Arthur , i'm newbie in here....

Can everyone tell be how to get norman coins? is free to buy?


Thanks anyway

 

Welcome

 

Ikm not sure anything is ever free to buy, but Norman coins can be found in many places. Major auction houses occasionally have then (like CNG or Agora). Vcoins or MA-Shops are other good places to look.

 

can someone please tell me how to post to community please

 

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@Pellinore,
I see that there are hardcover and softcover editions of Modern European Coinage 14 priced at $533.23 and $88.00, respectively. Are you aware of the differences between the two editions (such as color photos)? There is a tremendous difference in price between the two editions. The hardcover edition was released in 1999; whereas, the softcover was released in 2009. Both are 1st Ed.

 

Picked up this poor ducale that was neglected after its sibling went for above 800EUR in the last auction. Since I was severely overbid on its sibling, I picked up this one instead...

Normans in Sicily: Roger II (1130-1154) AR Ducale, Palermo (Spahr 72; MEC 212; Biaggi 1770)

Obv: + IC • XC • RG • IN AE TRN (Jesus Christus regnat in aeternum); Bust of Christ facing, wearing nimbus cruciger, pallium and colobium, and raising right hand in benediction; in left hand, book of Gospels
Rev: King Roger and his son Roger, duke of Apulia, staff with cross at each end between them, beneath the king R RX SCLS (Rogerius Rex Siciliae), beneath the duke, R • D X • AP (Rogerius Dux Apuliae) and AN R X (Anno decimo del regno) between them



Its superior sibling was this one:

 

This old Roger I coin seems pretty plentiful. (Mine.)

 

That's a beauty @lordmarcovan! Great eye appeal