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1 Follaro - Ruggero II
| Issuer | Sicily, Kingdom of |
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| Year | 1130-1138 |
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| Currency | Tari (1060-1754) |
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| Obverse description | Facing enthroned effigy of King Roger II, depicted in frontal Byzantine style seated upon a high-backed throne, robed in regal garments with hands resting in a formal ceremonial posture. The figure is rendered with the stylized rigidity characteristic of Italo-Norman coinage influenced by Byzantine iconographic conventions. Greek inscription flanks the enthroned king on both sides of the field, identifying the ruler by name and title. |
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| Mintage | ND (1130-1138) |
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Ruggero II was crowned King of Sicily on Christmas Day 1130 — a deliberate echo of Charlemagne — having previously held only the title of count. The follaro belongs to his earliest regal issues, struck before the Norman administration had fully consolidated its monetary apparatus across Palermo's mint. These small bronzes circulated alongside Arabic and Byzantine-derived currency in one of medieval Europe's most genuinely multilingual economies, where mint workers almost certainly included craftsmen trained under the preceding Fatimid-influenced coinage tradition.
Spahr's attribution places this among the first decade of regal output, before the introduction of the ducalis type.