List 274




 
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.

Sold