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<p>[QUOTE="Severus Alexander, post: 8200630, member: 84744"]Thanks, [USER=74712]@FitzNigel[/USER], for all that additional info! Yes, I imagined Travaini might be a bit difficult to navigate without Italian, no worries. Maybe I'll write to her directly. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> It looks to me like 32a is an overstrike, where the undertype obverse looks a bit like mine. There's some similarity with 34b as well. I'd love to see the plate of MEC 78 - though I should probably buy that volume, I've certainly been tempted before!</p><p><br /></p><p>I'm also interested in the taris, since I have an imitation of a Sicily mint Fatimid quarter dinar (imitating al-'Aziz, late 10th century), probably produced in Italy:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1437047[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>I'd love to see your similar follaro, [USER=110504]@+VGO.DVCKS[/USER], if you have a photo now. I agree the low weight is significant. (And also about the chaos! There are few specimens of many types.) My understanding is the lower weight coins tend to put them earlier, perhaps even leaking into Gisulfo's reign at Salerno.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Severus Alexander, post: 8200630, member: 84744"]Thanks, [USER=74712]@FitzNigel[/USER], for all that additional info! Yes, I imagined Travaini might be a bit difficult to navigate without Italian, no worries. Maybe I'll write to her directly. :) It looks to me like 32a is an overstrike, where the undertype obverse looks a bit like mine. There's some similarity with 34b as well. I'd love to see the plate of MEC 78 - though I should probably buy that volume, I've certainly been tempted before! I'm also interested in the taris, since I have an imitation of a Sicily mint Fatimid quarter dinar (imitating al-'Aziz, late 10th century), probably produced in Italy: [ATTACH=full]1437047[/ATTACH] I'd love to see your similar follaro, [USER=110504]@+VGO.DVCKS[/USER], if you have a photo now. I agree the low weight is significant. (And also about the chaos! There are few specimens of many types.) My understanding is the lower weight coins tend to put them earlier, perhaps even leaking into Gisulfo's reign at Salerno.[/QUOTE]
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