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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;+VGO.DVCKS, post: 5454217, member: 110504&quot;][ATTACH=full]1237481[/ATTACH]</p><p>Italy: German emperor Heinrich VI and Constanza de Hauteville, heiress of Norman Sicily.&nbsp; Billon denaro of Messina, 1194-1196.</p><p>Obv.&nbsp; +E [rounded, the middle bar lightly struck]. IMPERATOR</p><p>Rev. Staufen eagle, beak to left, pellet below.</p><p>[From 1 o&#039;clock:] C. IMPERATRIX.</p><p>Andrea, <u>The Hohenstaufen&#039;s Coins of the Kingdom of Sicily</u> (2013), citing no other references.</p><p>Along with other Staufen coins of Sicily, conspicuously including those of Friedrich II, this is fun for being an early instance of European heraldry in this medium.</p><p>Here&#039;s my favorite reading of Charlie (&quot;Yardbird&quot;) Parker, with Miles Davis on trumpet ...at, what, 17, early enough to evoke Mozart.&nbsp; I love the counterpoint in the intro.&nbsp; --But, No, Parker (on sax) is pretty good, too![MEDIA=youtube]q97xzziKqOI[/MEDIA][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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