368, Lot: 646. Estimate $200. Sold for $340. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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ITALY, Sicilia (Regno). Ruggero II. 1130-1154. AV Tarì d’oro (13mm, 1.12 g, 6h). 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, uneven strike.