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 0.71 g. Cufic legend around central Tau cross flanked by single pellets and a smaller pellet over 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. Annulet before third line of reverse legend and pellet after. MIN 130/128. Spahr 9 var. MEC XIV unlisted. Very fine