455, Lot: 491. Estimate $150. Sold for $180. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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ITALY, Sicilia (Regno). Guglielmo II il Buono (the Good). 1166-1189. AV Tarì (12mm, 0.62 g, 9h). Messina mint.
al-malik Ghulyalim al-musta‘izz billah in Kufic around circle upon which are six pellets; central pellet within; mint and date in outer margin / IC/XC NI/KA in two lines across field flanking central cross; – flanking crossbar; mint and date in outer margin. Travaini,
Monetazione, 355; Spahr 100; MEC 14, –. Areas of toning. VF.
From the Jack A. Frazer Collection.