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Follis - Alphonse of Capua
| Issuer | Sicily, Kingdom of |
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| Year | 1135-1144 |
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| Currency | Tari (1060-1754) |
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| Obverse description | A plain cross divides the field into four quadrants, each containing a letter forming part of the abbreviated legend. The lettering is crudely struck in a primitive hammered style consistent with Norman-Sicilian follaro coinage of the early twelfth century. The flan is irregular and roughly circular, typical of the small bronze issues of this period. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Roger II of Sicily granted Alphonse of Capua the title of prince in 1135, installing him as a loyalist buffer in a city with a long history of resisting Norman authority. These small bronze issues struck under Alphonse represent the Norman effort to assert administrative control over Capua through coinage as much as through force. The weight and module are unusually slight even by the debased follis standards of the period — a reflection of chronic bronze shortages in the southern Italian mints during the 1130s and 1140s.