Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
1 Follaro - Ruggero II St. Nicholas
| Issuer | Sicily, Kingdom of |
|---|---|
| Year | 1130-1154 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Weight | Log in to see details |
| Diameter | Log in to see details |
| Thickness | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Technique | Log in to see details |
| Orientation | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Log in to see details |
|---|---|
| Obverse script | Log in to see details |
| Obverse lettering | OA NIKOΛAC (Translation: Saint Nicholas) |
| Reverse description | Log in to see details |
| Reverse script | Log in to see details |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Edge | Log in to see details |
| Mint | Log in to see details |
| Mintage | ND (1130-1154) |
| Additional information |
Roger II inherited a Norman administration that had already been minting Arab-style bronze follari under his predecessors, and when he elevated Sicily to a kingdom in 1130, the coinage evolved to reflect a court that was genuinely trilingual — Latin, Greek, and Arabic all appeared on royal issues of this period. The St. Nicholas type draws specifically on the Greek-Byzantine administrative tradition Roger cultivated in Palermo, where Orthodox and Catholic clergy operated under the same crown.
Spahr's classification of this type has been contested in later scholarship, with MIR offering a tighter die grouping. Weight variation across surviving specimens is pronounced enough that some researchers have proposed multiple unofficial striking locations beyond the Palermo mint.