CNG 96, Lot: 1318. Estimate $200. Sold for $240. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ITALY, Sicilia (Regno). Guglielmo III. 1194. AV Tarì (14mm, 1.11 g, 12h). Madinat Siqilliyyah (Palermo) mint. [Dated AH 591 (AD 1194)]. “al-malik Ghuyalim al-mu’tazz b-’llah” around central pellet-in-pelleted annulet; mint formula and [AH date] in outer margin / Cross-tipped scepter; IC XC/NI KA across field; – above IC and XC; mint formula and [AH date] in outer margin. Cf. Travaini, Monetazione, 410 (for type); Spahr 141; cf. MIR 455 (same); MEC 14, –. Near VF, toned, areas of flat strike.

Ex Archer M. Huntington Collection (HSA 1001.1.7903).