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 1.66 g. Cufic legend around central Tau cross flanked by trefoil of pellets and a single pellet above cross arm. Two projections (? suspension ropes as on paintings of a later period?) extending down from cross arms. Rev. Cufic legend, the Profession of the Faith, in three lines: "illa Allah/Muhammad rasul Allah/la ilah" with Cufic legend around. MIN 132. Spahr 28 (this coin). MEC XIV unlisted. MR 421 (Palermo). Irregular flan, otherwise about extremely fine Ex Bertolami sale 109, 2022, 745. From the Spahr Collection.