Numismatics Bulletin, n. 6-7, 1986

Numismatics Bulletin, Ministry for Cultural and Environmental Heritage, Rome, n. 6-7, January-December 1986, pp. 323, richly illustrated, 29 cm, cart. and.

From the Summary: GIOVANNI OMAN, On the transliteration and translation of Arab monetary legends of Sicily; JEREMY JOHNS, The Arab titles of the Norman kings of Sicily; VERA VON FALKENHAUSEN, Monetary circulation in southern Italy and Sicily in the Norman era according to archival documentation; DAVID MICHAEL METCALF, Finds of coins from the kingdom of Sicily in the Crusader states of the East; JEAN-MARIE MARTIN, The silver coins in southern Italy of the century. XII according to archival documents; PATRIZIA SERAFIN PETRILLO, LUCIA TRAVAINI, The silver coins of the Normans of Sicily in the collection of Vittorio Emanuele III of Savoy; LUCIA TRAVAINI, Forgeries and forgers in the Norman and Swabian age; NICHOLAS LOWICK, A storeroom of Islamic and Norman gold coins from Agrigento; LUCIA TRAVAINI, The storeroom of Montecassino and the gold coinage of the Normans in Sicily; VALENTINO PACE, The fibula of the closet in Montecassino. A note on the Italian-southern Norman goldsmith's art; GIUSEPPE LIBERO MANGIERI, Hoards of medieval and modern coins found in the Castle of Salerno; APPENDIX: A hammered bronze from the Norman age in the collection of Vittorio Emanuele III of Savoy (L. TRAVAINI); Four Norman tarì donated by Baron Carlo Fasciotti to the National Roman Museum of Rome in 1909 (L. TRAVAINI); Norman Follaro at the Westfalisches Landesmuseum fur Kunst und Kulturgeschichte, Munster (P. ILISH); Abbasid coins from the Civic Museum of Bologna (MG STASOLLA).

Fundamental volume for the study of Norman coins of southern Italy.

Small signature of possession on the title page.

Light traces of use, otherwise in excellent condition.