Watch List notes:

ITALY. Sicilia (Regno). Ruggero II, conte, 1105-1130. Tarì (Gold, 12 mm, 1.00 g, 6 h), without mint and date. 'La ilaha illallah wahdahu la sharik lahu' ('There is no God but Allah. He alone has no companion to him' in Kufic). Rev. 'Bi-amr Rujar al-Thani' ('By order of Ruggero the second' in Kufic) Large T with pellets. Spahr 41. Some areas of weakness, otherwise, very fine.


From the collection of a Swiss scholar, formed over the past thirty years.