Catalog
Follis - Gisulf II
| Issuer | Principality of Salerno |
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| Year | 1052-1077 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse lettering | OPVLE NTA SA LERNO (Translation: Opulent Salerno.) |
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Gisulf II was the last Lombard prince of Salerno, a ruler whose political miscalculations cost him everything. His aggressive taxation of merchants — including Amalfitan traders operating under Norman protection — gave Robert Guiscard the pretext he needed to besiege Salerno in 1076. The city fell in May 1077, ending Lombard rule in the south permanently. This follis was almost certainly still in circulation when that siege began.