Watch List notes:

ITALY, Sicilia (Regno). Federico I (Federico II, Sacro Romano Impero). 1198-1250. Fourrée AV Tarì (9mm, 0.78 g, 12h). Palermo or Messina mint. FR, – above; all within linear circular border; pseudo-Kufic legend in outer margin / Latin cross pattée; IC–XC/NI–K[A] flanking pole. Cf. Grierson, Coins of Medieval Europe 253; MIR 65; Spahr 63; MEC 14, 496. Areas of light toning, typical compact flan. EF.

From the Richard A. Jourdan Collection of Medieval European Coins, purchased from Charles H. Wolfe, III, 1991.