1166-1189 AD., Italy, Crusader States, Normans of Sicily, William II, Messina mint, Follaro fraction brockage, Spahr 119 var.

Italy, Crusader States, Normans of Sicily, William II (1166-1189), Messina mint, no date, struck ca. 1166-1189 AD.,
(half ?) Follaro fraction (15-16 mm / 1,35 g), bronze, (brockage-axes about medal alignment ↑↑ (ca. 10°)), observed weights: 0,65-2,11 g.,
Obv.: + OPE[RATO IN] VRBE [MESSA]NE // ° / REX W / SC δ S , legend within and around circle - in tre righe ° / REX W / SCδS ed entro un cerchio lineare, intorno la legenda e cerchio perlinato + OPERATO IN VRBE MESSANE .
Rev.: (obverse brockage) , [ otherwise three lines Arabic legend within ("al-malik Ghulyalim al-musta'izz bi-illah" - powerful King William the second by the grace of God) and around linear circle ("duriba bi-amr al-malik al-mu'azzam al-musta'izz bi-llah" - struck by the order of the magnificent King eager to be exalted by God) - Legenda cufica "al-malik Ghulyalim al-musta'izz bi-illah" (Il re Guglielmo secondo potente per grazia di Dio) entro cerchio lineare; intorno legenda cufica "duriba bi-amr al-malik al-mu'azzam al-musta'izz bi-llah" (coniato per ordine del Re magnifico bramoso di essere esaltato da Dio), cerchio perlinato ].
Spahr 119 var. (brockage) ; MIR 38 var. (same) ; MIN 368 var. (same) ; MEC 14, 401 var. (same) .