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<p>[QUOTE="Quant.Geek, post: 2951402, member: 74799"]Very nice! Trachys are sometimes really ugly when it gets rocked and socked. But that effect is cool. Kind of makes you wonder with all the religious zealous of the Byzantines, why would they allow coins to be struck like this. It is definitely a difficult series to collect as choice coins are either hoarded, expensive, or quickly snapped up. Here is a trachy from Norman Sicily:</p><p><br /></p><p><b> Normans in Sicily: William I (1154-1166) AR Ducale, Palermo (Spahr-94; MEC-290; MIR-435) </b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p>Obv: <i>IC XC</i>; Bust of Christ Pantokrator facing</p><p>Rev: <i>R DVX FI LI VS EIVS</i>; King William, on right, and his son, Duke Roger, on left, both standing facing and holding a long patriarchal cross between them; the King also holds globus cruciger, while his son holds his sword by the hilt</p><p><br /></p><p>This issue commemorates the investiture of William as King of Sicily and Roger as Duke of Puglia by Pope Adrian IV (Nicholas Breakspear, the only Englishman to have occupied the papal throne) </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/36484/normal_Spahr-94.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Quant.Geek, post: 2951402, member: 74799"]Very nice! Trachys are sometimes really ugly when it gets rocked and socked. But that effect is cool. Kind of makes you wonder with all the religious zealous of the Byzantines, why would they allow coins to be struck like this. It is definitely a difficult series to collect as choice coins are either hoarded, expensive, or quickly snapped up. Here is a trachy from Norman Sicily: [B] Normans in Sicily: William I (1154-1166) AR Ducale, Palermo (Spahr-94; MEC-290; MIR-435) [/B] Obv: [I]IC XC[/I]; Bust of Christ Pantokrator facing Rev: [I]R DVX FI LI VS EIVS[/I]; King William, on right, and his son, Duke Roger, on left, both standing facing and holding a long patriarchal cross between them; the King also holds globus cruciger, while his son holds his sword by the hilt This issue commemorates the investiture of William as King of Sicily and Roger as Duke of Puglia by Pope Adrian IV (Nicholas Breakspear, the only Englishman to have occupied the papal throne) [img]http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/36484/normal_Spahr-94.jpg[/img][/QUOTE]
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