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Message:: [QUOTE="John Anthony, post: 2723498, member: 42773"]I'll post a coin that was minted by a Sicilian ruler 1300 years after Hieron, although the coin was struck in Mileto, Calabria. It is, however, quite apropos for various reasons, including the fact that it also shows a horseman. This is a rare trifollaro of Roger I. Hieron vanquished foreign invaders (Mamertines) from Syracuse. Roger I vanquished foreign invaders (Muslims) from all of Sicily. Although he treated the Muslims well, allowing them to keep their mosques and even utilizing them as militia, his conquest of Sicily and the subsequent Latin migration to the island marked the end of any substantial Islamic influence, not only in Sicily but throughout the Mediterranean. [ATTACH=full]617572[/ATTACH] ITALY, Normans in Calabria. Roger I. 1072-1101.Æ Trifollaro. Mileto, c. 1098-1101. Obv.: ROC ERIVS COME +S . Knight with triangular shield and conical helmet, holding flag on long pole, on horse standing left. Rev.: + MARIA MATER DИI . Enthroned nimbate Virgin holding on lap Christ child, nimbate and in swaddling clothes right.Reference: CNI XVIII pg. 287, 15; Biaggi 1583; MEC 14, 93; Sambon 876.[/QUOTE]