1 Tari - Henry I

Obverse description	Facing crowned bust of King Henry I in high relief at center, depicted in frontal hieratic style characteristic of Sicilian Norman coinage, with the crown rendered in detail above the royal effigy. Small cross pattée appears to the left of the bust, with a star or pellet to the right. The bust is surrounded by a circular inscription in Latin running along the inner border, the whole set within the irregular flan typical of hammered medieval gold coinage.
Obverse script	Latin
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Additional information	Henry I of Sicily is better known as Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor — his Sicilian regnal numbering reflects the Norman succession he inherited through his wife Constance, daughter of Roger II. The union brought the Hohenstaufen dynasty into direct control of southern Italy and Sicily, alarming the papacy and reshaping Mediterranean power politics for a generation. Henry's reign on the island lasted only three years before his death in 1197 at thirty-two, likely from dysentery contracted near Messina. The tari denomination itself derives from the Arabic ṭarī, a direct inheritance from Fatimid coinage produced in Sicily during the island's earlier Islamic period.