Watch List notes:

Sicily, Messina. Roger II. 1130-1154. AE 16 follaro (16.4 mm, 1.62 g, 1 h). Messina mint, Struck 1138. Nimbate bust of Christ, Pantocrator facing; IC -- XC flanking in fields / Kufic legend: "By order of King Roger the Great, with God's help / struck in Messina in year 533" (A.H. = A.D. 1138) . Spahr, 62; M.E.C. XIV, 197; DR 155-6. Near EF / VF, octagonal flan, reverse off-center. Very Rare. Perhaps Finest Known.