ITALY. Sicilia (Regno). Ruggero II, 1130-1154. Tari (Gold, 13 mm, 1.20 g), Messina or Palermo. Blundered legend around a central pellet and dotted circle, ‘al-malik Rujjār al-muʿtazz billāh’ (‘King Ruggero, Strengthened by Allah’ in Arabic); illegible margin in pseudo-Kufic. Rev. At the sides of a cross on a long shaft, ‘IC – XC / NI – KA’, the abbreviated form of Ἰησοῦς Χριστὸς νικᾷ (‘Jesus Christ conquers’ in Greek); illegible margin in pseudo-Kufic. MEC 14, 201. Spahr 69. Sharply struck and attractive. Small flan faults on the edge, otherwise, extremely fine.