Item No. 123320
SICILY: Roger II, 1105-1154, AV tari (0.88g) (Siqilliya), ND, Spahr-42, MEC-153, 1st series, struck 1112-1127, first half of full Muslim kalima / ornate large Tau, one pellet above, surrounded by ruler's name as bi-amr-i rujjar al-thani, "by order of Roger the Second", minor weakness, Fine to VF, R.
Without reference to the Muslim messenger Muhammad, as the first half of the kalima was acceptable to Sicilian Christians.
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