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ID number: BIRBI-N0013 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Maker: Roger II; Sicily Denomination: Follaro Place made: Sicily Culture: Norman Sicilian Date made: 1127-1130 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 2.05 Weight (g): 4.10 Axis (degrees): 135.00 |

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Description: Obverse: Roger standing, wearing a Byzantine imperial crown., pendilia, full imperial costume, holding in his r. hand a long cross and in his l. a globus cruciger. Reverse: Long cross floriate ends and four small wedges in the quarters.
Inscriptions: Obverse: None. Reverse: IC XC NI KA (Jesus Christ conquers).
Bibliography: Grierson and Travaini 1998, n. 165-169.
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2 Related People |
| Sicily Roman;Ostrogothic;Italian;Aghlabid;Norman;Sicilian
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| Roger II Norman 1095 1154
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