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 1.25 g. Cufic legend around central simple Tau cross flanked by single pellets. There is a third tiny pellet in left field and several lines in die. Rev. Cufic legend, the Profession of the Faith, in three lines: "illa Allah/Muhammad rasul Allah/la ilah" with Cufic legend around. Last line of reverse legend with lunette before and a pellet after. MIN 127 var. Spahr 6 var. MEC XIV unlisted. Very rare. Minor areas of weakness, otherwise about extremely fine