1145-1146 AD., Italy, Crusader States, Normans of Sicily, Roger II as king, Messina mint, half Follaro, Spahr 79.

Crusader States, Normans of Sicily, Roger II as king, Messina mint, dated AH 540 (= 1145-46 AD.),
1/2 Follaro (ø 13 mm / 1,01 g), copper,
Obv.: ... , bi-amri (by the order) rujar (of Roger) al-malik (the King) al-mu'azzam (the glorious/magnificent) , star within octagon, cufic legend around within the angles of a cross: "(struck) by the order of king Roger the magnificent".
Rev.: ... , duriba bi-masini sanat arba'un wa chamsmiat ("struck at Messina, year fourty and fivehundred") , pellet within small circle at center of Arabic inscriptions arranged in hexagonal pattern.
Biaggi 1224 ; Spahr 79 ; MEC 221-5 ; Varesi (MIR 4), 29 (Follaro) .