447, Lot: 632. Estimate $150. Sold for $260. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ITALY, Sicilia (Regno). Ruggero II. 1130-1154. AV Tarì (13mm, 1.01 g, 11h). Uncertain (Palermo[?]) mint. Struck 1140-1154. al-malik Rujar al-mu'tazz billah (By the Grace of God the king Ruggero by the Grace of God) around pellet-in-pelleted-annulet; [mint and date in outer margin] / Latin cross; IC XC and NI KA flanking; [mint and date in outer margin]. Travaini, Monetazione, 217; Spahr 69; MEC 14, 204. Light deposits, small edge split. VF.

From the Maida Vale Collection.