CNG 93, Lot: 1670. Estimate $200. Sold for $550. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ITALY, Sicilia (Regno). Ruggero II. 1130-1154. Æ Mezzo Follaro (14mm, 1.21 g, 2h). Bari mint. Dated AH 534 (AD 1139/40). Facing bust of San Nicola di Bari / Star; mint formula and AH date in Kufic in outer margin. CNI XVIII 113; Travaini, Monetazione, 210; Spahr –; MEC 14, 193-5. Near VF, brown patina. Rare.