ROGER I ‘The Great Count’ as COUNT of CALABRIA and SICILY, ca. 1072-1101. Tarì, Palermo, Agrigento and hypothetically Messina ca.1085/87-1101, AV 1.24 g. Cufic legend around central Tau cross with curved ends to cross arm enclosing a pellet. Shaft of cross is flanked by pellets and there is a trefoil of pellets above cross arm. Rev. Cufic legend, the Profession of the Faith, in three lines: "illa Allah/Muhammad rasul Allah/la ilah" with Cufic legend around. Top and bottom lines of reverse legend are followed by an annulet. MIN unpublished but see 133. Spahr unpublished but see 27. MEC XIV unlisted. MIR 421 for the type (Palermo). Unpublished and possibly unique. Areas of weakness, very fine