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    View Categories Home > Catalog > |Medieval & Modern Coins| > |Sicily| > ME113746
Normans, Kingdom of Sicily, William II, 1166 - 1189 A.D.
|Sicily|, |Normans,| |Kingdom| |of| |Sicily,| |William| |II,| |1166| |-| |1189| |A.D.|, In about 1184, King William II of Sicily began minting at Messina a trifollaro with a lion's face (or mask) on the obverse and a fruited date-palm on the reverse. The lion's face appears to be a copy of a Siculo-Punic coin minted at Messina in the fifth century BC - 1500 years earlier. These may still have been in circulation in Messina in 1184. The date-palm may have been a symbol meant for William's Muslim subjects, since the Quran says Mary ate dates at the time of Jesus' birth.
ME113746. Bronze trifollaro, MEC Italy III 425 ff., Travaini 166 ff., Biaggi 1231, Spahr I 117, aVF, green patina, corrosion, encrustation, off center, Messina mint, weight 10.517g, maximum diameter 24.7mm, die axis 0o, second copper coinage; obverse facing lion head mask; reverse palm tree with dates; $45.00 SALE |PRICE| $40.50



  






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