Any Idea About This Piece? | Sicilian Bronze Coin

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Jsalgado Valued Member Portugal 179 Posts	Posted 07/31/2008 10:49 am Copper 25 mm Thanks.JSalgado Edited by Sap 01/29/2009 07:59 am Report this Post to the Staff

e-baguio Valued Member Philippines 107 Posts	Posted 07/31/2008 10:52 am try to post the picture again... a little bit larger so that I could see some clue and try to look it in the book Report this Post to the Staff
valutarick Valued Member Netherlands 376 Posts	Posted 01/28/2009 10:02 am Pre- medieval. It is a coin of a viking warlord called Wilhelm at the isle of Sicily about 9th century. One of the classical coins, also very hot for forgeries. Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16868 Posts	Posted 01/29/2009 01:15 am Yep, it's a large bronze coin from mediaeval Sicily. The designs of both sides were copied from ancient Greek and Carthaginian coins issued on the island. Example on CoinArchives. We don't even know what they called these coins. Norman Sicily issued these large bronzes and also some smaller bronze coins, about 1/3 the size with imitation Arabic designs. We know from the historical records that one of them was called a "follaro"; we just don't know which one. So in some reference books and auctions, the larger one is called a follaro (making the smaller coin a fractional half or 1/3 follaro) and in others, the smaller one is (making the large one a multiple 2 or 3 follaro coin). Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis Report this Post to the Staff
Jsalgado Valued Member Portugal 179 Posts	Posted 01/29/2009 11:31 am Sap and valutarik Many thanks for your help! JSalgado Report this Post to the Staff
valutarick Valued Member Netherlands 376 Posts	Posted 02/20/2009 10:43 am You are welcome! Report this Post to the Staff
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