Emirate of Sicily (948-1053, 1065-1068), County of Sicily (1071-1130), Kingdom of Sicily (1130-1816)
Independent State (948-1053, 1065-1068, 1071-1409, 1442-1816), Part of the Crown of Aragon (1409-1442)
Location: Sicily, Southern Italy
Capital City: Palermo (948-1130, 1401-1816), Messina (1130-1266), Naples (1266-1282), Catania (1282-1401)
Government type: Monarchy
Main languages: Sicilian, Neapolitan, Italian
Main religions: Catholic Christianity
Chronology
948: Emirate of Sicily breaks off from the Aghlabid Emirate under the Kalbid dynasty
1053: Emirate collapses into four smaller emirates after the death of Emir Hasan as-Samsam
1065-1068: Sicily briefly reunified by Ayyub ibn Tamim al-Ziri
1071: Normans establish County of Sicily, conquest of the island completed by 1081
1130: Count elevated to King
1282: Mainland part sepataed as the Kingdom of Naples after the War of the Sicilian Vespers
1282-1295: Personal Union with Aragon
1409: Part of the Crown of Aragon
1442-1458: Independence restored in personal union with Naples
1516-1713: Personal Union with Spain
1713-1720: Personal Union with Savoy
1734-1759: Personal Union with Spain
1759: Personal Union with Naples
1806-1815: Under British Protectorate
1816: Merged with Naples as Kingdom of the Two Sicilies
Currency
Dinar (948-1053, 1065-1068)
1 Dinar = 60 Fals • 1 Dirham = ⁷⁄₁₀ Dinar
Tari (1060-1754)
1 Tari = 20 Denier/Grano/Picciolo = 40 Obol = 72 Follaro • 1 Pierreale = 6 Tari • 1 Oncia = 30 Tari
Piastra (1754-1816)
1 Piastra = 12 Tari = 240 Grani = 1440 Piccioli
Coins from Sicily in the collection
•1 Denaro, King Manfred (1258-1266) (billon, Messina mint, Spahr1#204)