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<p>[QUOTE="+VGO.DVCKS, post: 5244432, member: 110504"][USER=95174]@BenSi[/USER], it's almost depressing to see the 'Frankish' influence creeping in, with the fleur de lis (...maybe from Florence as well as France?), not only in the later issues of Constantinople, but already in Nicaea. ...As of this dire moment in the 13th century, at least for the Greeks, the Latin and Greek communions got Just That Close to reunification --except, Oops, Spoiler Alert, it didn't happen. But the coins continue to symptomize the ongoing, relentlessly intrusive Frankish influence, in the political and economic spheres.</p><p>...Right, and, with apologies, it's a beautiful coin. ...At a safe enough historical remove to appreciate that part of it for its own sake![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="+VGO.DVCKS, post: 5244432, member: 110504"][USER=95174]@BenSi[/USER], it's almost depressing to see the 'Frankish' influence creeping in, with the fleur de lis (...maybe from Florence as well as France?), not only in the later issues of Constantinople, but already in Nicaea. ...As of this dire moment in the 13th century, at least for the Greeks, the Latin and Greek communions got Just That Close to reunification --except, Oops, Spoiler Alert, it didn't happen. But the coins continue to symptomize the ongoing, relentlessly intrusive Frankish influence, in the political and economic spheres. ...Right, and, with apologies, it's a beautiful coin. ...At a safe enough historical remove to appreciate that part of it for its own sake![/QUOTE]
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