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1/4 Tercenario - Henry VI
| Issuer | Kingdom of Sicily |
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| Year | 1194-1197 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The reverse displays a three-line Arabic inscription in Kufic-influenced script, reading 'Hareer / Qaysar / Aghustus' (meaning 'Henry / Caesar / Augustus'), reflecting the bilingual administrative tradition of the Norman-Hohenstaufen Kingdom of Sicily. The legends are distributed across the field in horizontal registers on an irregularly shaped flan, with the crude hammered execution characteristic of small billon fractional coins of the period. The use of Arabic script alongside a Latin obverse is emblematic of the multicultural coinage policy of the Sicilian court. |
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| Mintage | ND (1194-1197) |
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