EARLY COINS of ROGER I as COUNT of CALABRIA and SICILY, ca. 1060-1072-1101 under Duke Robert Guiscard, 1059-1085 Tarì, Palermo 466 AH (1073-1074 AD), AV 0.99 g. Date in outer Cufic legend around two lines of Cufic in the centre: "la ilah illa Allah / Muhammad rasul Allah" (The Profession of the Faith). Rev. Cufic legend around three lines of Cufic in the centre: "bi-amr al-qumis / akhu al-qumis / Ujār" (By order of the Count / the brother of the Count / Roger). MIN 65. Spahr unlisted. MEC XIV unlisted. MIR unlisted. Die duplicate of Lowick Un ripostiglio di monete d'oro Islamiche e normanne da Agrigento, BdN 6-7 (1986), pages 145-166, coin 348. Extremely rare. Very fine Ex DNW sale 21 February, 1996, 94. WJC: The second line of the reverse inscription should have read "the brother of the Duke" since Duke of Apulia was the correct title of Roger's brother, Robert Guiscard. This is discussed by Lowick, page 154, but was likely the result of a die sinker's error. Obverse die duplicate of previous coin. Ex Agrigento Hoard, 348-350.