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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Medieval & Modern Coins| > |Sicily| > ME71147
Kingdom of Sicily, Henry VI and Frederick II (HRE), 1196 - 1197 A.D.
|Sicily|, |Kingdom| |of| |Sicily,| |Henry| |VI| |and| |Frederick| |II| |(HRE),| |1196| |-| |1197| |A.D.|, In 1196, Frederick, the infant son of Henry VI, was elected King of the Romans (Germans). This coinage was struck soon after, probably at Messina, in the hope that he would eventually succeed his father as King of Sicily. His father died in 1197 and he was crowned King Frederick I of Sicily on 17 May 1198, at only two years of age.
ME71147. Billon denaro, MEC Italy III 488 - 490 (Palermo or Messina), Biaggi 436 (R2, Brindisi), MIR Sicily 58 (R, Messina), VF, Messina(?) mint, weight 0.744g, maximum diameter 16.2mm, die axis 225o, 1196 - 1197 A.D.; obverse + E INPERATOR, eagle facing, head left, wings open; reverse FREDERIC' REX, crowned head of Frederic II facing, crown with cross and pendilia; very rare; SOLD




  







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