Two Early Salerno Follari

Sale: CNG 75, Lot: 1316. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 23 May 2007.  Sold For $825. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ITALY, Sicilia (Regno). Roberto il Guiscardo. Conte, 1059-1085. Æ Follaro (6.80 g, 2h). Salerno mint. Struck 1076-1085. Crowned facing Byzantine-style bust, holding cross and double orb / City view: central tower flanked by domes; all above triple-span arched arcade; VI[CTOR]I/[A] in two lines in exergue. CNI XVIII 4; Travaini 32; MEC 14, 71-73. VF, dark olive patina, typical poor strike. Rare.

Ex Classical Numismatic Auctions XIV (20 March 1991), lot 1166.