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chirrrs Valued Member United States 164 Posts	Posted 12/21/2025 2:40 pm I have not had much luck at all with this one. Possible billon composition. Not sure which side is obverse and reverse, but here are some images. In the first image, I am not sure of orientation, I could see rotating this 90 degrees for correct orientation. Looks like maybe a wreath and possibly a cross or some lettering there. On the other side, some text is clear. "-IENSIS:" is clear, but not sure what that is in the middle. I have seen "-IENSIS" used with London or Paris, but haven't come across anything matching this yet. Report this Post to the Staff

tdziemia Pillar of the Community United States 7933 Posts	Posted 12/21/2025 3:49 pm I got lucky and guessed APVLIENSIS (and I'd seen those palm fronds somewhere): https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=13358885 (and I think spence also has one of these) Edited by tdziemia 12/21/2025 3:55 pm Report this Post to the Staff
chirrrs Valued Member United States 164 Posts	Posted 12/21/2025 4:16 pm Nice! This is definitely a match, thank you! Report this Post to the Staff
tdziemia Pillar of the Community United States 7933 Posts	Posted 12/21/2025 4:51 pm These coins tell of a time of great cultural complexity in the Mediterranean: - it is a coin of "Sicily" ... - struck by a French (Norman) ruler ... - with inscriptions in Latin and Arabic! Edited by tdziemia 12/21/2025 4:52 pm Report this Post to the Staff
chirrrs Valued Member United States 164 Posts	Posted 12/21/2025 5:01 pm Agreed! I suspected Arabic writing, but that didn't make sense to me to be mixed with Latin inscriptions. Sure enough, it is! Report this Post to the Staff
Spence Moderator United States 34393 Posts	Posted 12/21/2025 9:04 pm Nice work on the identification @tdz! The only thing that I would add is that it can also be attributed as Biaggi 1228. And here is my example as you have noted. At least on my budget, it seems hard to find them fully struck with all their details remaining. "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
chirrrs Valued Member United States 164 Posts	Posted 12/21/2025 9:21 pm Spencer, it looks like we each got the half of the strike the other is missing, on both sides! Report this Post to the Staff
Spence Moderator United States 34393 Posts	Posted 12/21/2025 10:04 pm Yes agreed! Someone at the mint wasn't aligning the hammer and anvil very carefully. "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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