Watch List notes:

Italy, Sicily under the Fatimids and Normans. Messina or Palermo. Tancred, and his son, Roger III of Palermo. 1189-1194. AE follaro (13.45 mm, 2.43 g, 12 h). Messina mint, Struck 1191-1193. Kufic legend in two lines = "bi-al-Malik Tanqrid" / + ROG[ERI]VS / REX, + ROGERIVS around REX, pellet above and beneath, within solid-line border at center . Spahr 139; Biaggi 1237; MEC 14-447-9. VF for type, nicely toned.