Roger-name kharruba · early Norman period
Early Norman period; exact date unknown · Early Norman Sicily; individual Roger unresolved
Brown’s group C(iv) carries the Arabic name Roger within a dotted border; the other side has an annulet in a circle and uncertain surrounding signs. It is a documented type in the probable Maltese hoards. The evidence does not securely separate RogerI from RogerII.
Technical specifications
- Composition
- Silver / debased silver
- Weight
- Unknown / not verified
- Diameter
- Unknown / not verified
- Thickness
- Unknown / not verified
- Total mintage
- Unknown / not verified
- Edge
- Unknown / not verified
- Mint
- Sicily attributed; precise mint unrecorded
- Obverse
- Arabic name Roger; border of dots
- Reverse
- Annulet in circle; uncertain surrounding pattern or letters
- Inscriptions
- Unknown / not verified
- Colour
- Unknown / not verified
- Serial format
- Unknown / not verified
The catalogue distinguishes a documented Maltese provenance from the mere presence of a coin in a Maltese collection. This issue is included for its published local evidence; its mint must be read separately from the place where it was found.
Dating and classification
The issue belongs to a published hoard group whose exact discovery place is unrecorded. Brown’s attribution is retained with its uncertainty; no individual issue year is asserted.
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