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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Quant.Geek, post: 2628535, member: 74799&quot;]Took me a while, but I think I figured it out.&nbsp; I still need to verify the legends though using my references which I still can&#039;t find <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie11" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />...</p><p><br /></p><p>Your coins are actually reversed and the last line is a bit difficult to read.&nbsp; I had to go to <a href="http://www.zeno.ru/showphoto.php?photo=30279" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.zeno.ru/showphoto.php?photo=30279" rel="nofollow">Zeno #30279</a> to see the last line.</p><p><br /></p><p>Obv: الملك / تنقرير / المعظم (<i>King Tancred, the Magnificent</i>)</p><p>Rev: بالله / + / المعتز (<i>Victorious, through God</i>)</p><p><br /></p><p>As a general rule to Norman Sicilian coinage, here are some terms to help in attributing the coins:</p><p><br /></p><p>الدوقة (<i>ad-duqah; Duke</i>)</p><p>القومس (<i>al-qumis; Count</i>)</p><p>المالك (<i>al-malik; King</i>)</p><p>السلطان (<i>as-sultan; Sultan</i>)</p><p>المعتز بالله (<i>al-mu&#039;tazz bi-allah; Victorious through God</i>)</p><p>المقتدر (<i>al-muqtadir; the Strong</i>)</p><p>المعظم (<i>al-mu&#039;azzam; the Magnificent</i>)</p><p><br /></p><p>ابارت (<i>Ubart; Robert</i>)</p><p>رجار (<i>Rudschar; Roger</i>)</p><p>غليالم (<i>gulielm; Guglielmo/Wilhelm</i>)</p><p>تنقرير (<i>tanqrir; Tancred</i>)</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is a snippet from <i>Medieval European Coinage, Volume 14</i> describing Tancred&#039;s coinage.&nbsp; Not much about these fractional dirhams unfortunately.&nbsp; It is attributed as MEC XIV, 446...</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]577943[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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