323, Lot: 772. Estimate $150. Sold for $400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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ITALY, Sicilia (Regno). Ruggero II. Conte, 1105-1130. AV Tarì d’oro (1312mm, 1.08 g, 7h). Palermo or Messina mint. Struck 1112-1127. Beginning of Kalima across field / Large floreate
tau with pellet above; “by order of Ruggero the second” in Kufic across field. Travaini,
Monetazione, 171.a; Spahr 424; MEC 14, 153. VF, minor deposits.
From the Archer M. Huntington Collection (HSA 1001.1.10634).