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Offline Crassus

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Sicily? help id needed - 4
« on: June 01, 2017, 10:21:09 am »
help to ID the ruler and date, please? 15 mm aprox.
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Re: Sicily? help id needed - 4
« Reply #1 on: June 05, 2017, 12:16:43 pm »
Hi Young,

I believe your coin is a billon denaro of Frederick IV "The Simple" (1355-1377) minted in Messina.  Obverse features an eagle with the legend  :plus:FRIDERICUS:DEI.  Reverse features a cross fourchee with rosette in first and fourth quarters, four pellets in second, and "I" in third quarter.  Legend reads  :plus:GRA REX SICILIE.  Reference is MEC14 #804.  Keep in mind that this is a hesitant attribution, as the faces of the coin are rather "busy" as if it were double struck or struck over a previous coin.

Cheers,

David
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