. Italy, Amalfi Gulgielmo II re (1166-1189). Frazione di Tarì

Guglielmo II, called the Good, king of Sicily from 1166 to 1189
robai or tarì of gold, 0.05 grams, a sixteenth of a tarì
A heavily cut and reduced coin
the word rex is clearly legible on the fragment
The fraction of tarì in question was minted around 1166 or 1180
fractions of tarì were cut by merchants, based on what one purchased, to pay for the goods sold
very few specimens of such coins have come down to us, because they were subsequently withdrawn and melted down to make other gold coins