361, Lot: 404. Estimate $200. Sold for $340. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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ITALY, Sicilia (Regno). Ruggero I. Conte, 1071-1101. AV Tari (12mm, 1.32 g, 2h). Palermo or Messina mint. Struck circa 1085/7-1101. Kalima; Quran 9.33 in margin / Large Tau flanked by pellets; mint formula in margin. Travaini,
Monetazione 129; Spahr 8; cf. MEC 14, 83-4; Friedberg 878 (Roger II). VF, toned.
From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams. Ex Fred J. Casterline Collection (Superior, 31 May 1989), lot 8151.