CNG 91, Lot: 1383. Estimate $200. Sold for $500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ITALY, Sicilia (Regno). Ruggero II. 1130-1154. AV Tarì d’oro (12mm, 2.30 g, 9h). Palermo or Messina mint. Struck circa 1130-1138. “The powerful through God (Allah)/King Ruggero/the magnificent” in Kufic across field; star above / Cross potent on shaft, two pellets above; IC XC/NI KA across field; macrons above IC and XC. Travaini, Monetazione, 190; Spahr 60; MEC 14, 176. VF.