Tancred of Hauteville was the grandson of the great Norman ruler Robert The Fox Guiscard and the nephew of the legendary Bohemond of Antioch. With his uncle, he joined the group of Franks who answered the Popes call for the defense of Jerusalemwhat would later be known as the First Crusade. After the Crusaders besieged Antioch in 1098, Bohemond stayed behind, and Tancred went on to Jerusalem, where, in 1099, he became the first Christian to enter the city and do battle with the Seljuk Turks. He was, quite literally, the First Crusader. Tancred became regent of Antioch in A.D. 1101 and reigned until his death in 1112. This bronze coin was struck there during his regency. (first run limited to 48 pieces)
The first Jewish coin was minted around 135 BCE by King John Hyrcanus I of Judea, founder of the Hasmonean dynasty that restored Israel to Jewish rule, giving rise to the so-called Second Temple...
The Book of Kings, the epic poem by the tenth century Persian poet Ferdowsi, contains the following passage on the origins of chess:-One day an ambassador from the king of Hind arrived at the Persian...
This album contains a 2 hao banknote, P-69, issued in 1958, as well as three commemorative Vietnamese postage stamps, one of which features Ho Chi Minh.
