344, Lot: 589. Estimate $100. Sold for $120. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ITALY, Sicilia (Regno). Guglielmo II il Buono (the Good). 1166-1189. Æ Follaro (8.96 g, 12h). Messina mint. Lion head facing slightly left / Palm tree with two clusters of dates; c/m: uncertain (triple pellets or Arabic inscription) in incuse to left. For coin: Travaini, Monetazione, 370; Spahr 117 (Palermo; listed as trifollaro); MEC 14, 425-31B; for c/m: cf. Travaini, Monetazione, p. 320. VF, earthen dark green patina. Interesting, possibly unrecorded countermark.