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Spence Moderator United States 34397 Posts	Posted 06/25/2016 3:30 pm Hi. I need your help identifying this medieval Italian coin. It was sold to me as a Sicilian coin from the time of the Norman conquest (11th or 12th Century). The diameter is about 19mm and the mass is 2.3 g. As you can see, it is a copper alloy, with something like " _ M M O P I you S" on the obv and what looks like a crosses and fleur de lis in quarters on the rev. Or not, I'm not sure... This doesn't feel like Norman Sicily to me--no Kuffic or Arabic scripts. Any ideas? Does the PIUS refer to a Pope maybe? "If you climb a good tree, you get a push." -----Ghanaian proverb "The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed." -----King Adz Report this Post to the Staff

Kamnaskires Pillar of the Community United States 7066 Posts	Posted 06/25/2016 3:58 pm Dave, see: http://www.deamoneta.com/auctions/view/350/273 https://www.sixbid.com/browse.html?...&lot=1819517 https://www.vcoins.com/en/stores/pa...Default.aspx Report this Post to the Staff
Spence Moderator United States 34397 Posts	Posted 06/25/2016 4:02 pm nailed it "If you climb a good tree, you get a push." -----Ghanaian proverb "The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed." -----King Adz Report this Post to the Staff
echizento Moderator United States 23731 Posts	Posted 06/25/2016 4:10 pm Bob your the man. Interesting coin. Going to have to move it over to the World Coin section, just beyond the cut off date. Report this Post to the Staff
Spence Moderator United States 34397 Posts	Posted 06/25/2016 4:22 pm Yep thanks. I had no idea it was so recently made. "If you climb a good tree, you get a push." -----Ghanaian proverb "The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed." -----King Adz Report this Post to the Staff
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