E-auction 32-11246 - fre_309593 - SICILY - KINGDOM OF SICILY - TANCRED Follaro n.d. Messine

SICILY - KINGDOM OF SICILY - TANCRED Follaro n.d. Messine XF

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Estimate :	100 €
Price :	41 €
Maximum bid :	63 €
End of the sale :	25 November 2013 16:51:00
bidders :	4 bidders

Type : Follaro

Date: 1191-1193

Date: n.d.

Mint name / Town : Messine

Metal : copper

Diameter : 13,7 mm

Orientation dies : 1 h.

Weight : 1,53 g.

Catalogue references :

MEC.14447-453

Obverse

Obverse legend : AL-MALIK / TANQRIR (EN ARABE).

Obverse description : Légende en deux lignes dans le champ.

Obverse translation : (Le roi Tancrède).

Reverse

Reverse legend : + ROGERIVS..

Reverse description : REX dans le champ, entre deux besants.

Reverse translation : (Roger, roi).

Commentary

Cette émission de Messine, avec le nom du roi Tancrède au droit et celui de son fils Roger au revers, est datée de 1191-1193. Il s'agit de l'une des dernières émissions des Normands de Sicile.

Historical background

SICILY - KINGDOM OF SICILY - TANCRED

(1190-1194)

Tancred was Roger's natural son. He was crowned by the Norman nobility in 1190 to counter the hegemonic aims of Emperor Henry VI who was seeking the crown in the name of his wife Constance. Henry VI triumphed over his adversary and was crowned in 1194.