168, Lot: 347. Estimate $150. Sold for $300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

WORLD. Italy. Lot of seventeen Norman-Sicilian Fractions. William I. 1154-1166. Æ 14mm. Follaro. Messina mint. Bust of Virgin with Child / REX/W in circle, Arabic legend around. MEC XIV 286 (2) // Same. Æ 9mm. Dirhem Fraction. Palermo mint. Arabic legend in three lines / Eight-pointed star in circle. MEC 291 (6) // William II. 1166-1180. Æ 9mm Dirham Fraction. Palermo mint. Arabic legend in three lines / Arabic legend in two lines; between, small cross. MEC XIV 400 // Same. Æ 15mm Follaro. Messina mint. REX W / SCVS in two lines, OPERATE IN VRBE MESSANE around / Arabic. MEC XIV 401 // Same. Æ 12mm. Follaro. Messina mint. Lion’s head facing / Arabic. MEC 432 // Tancred. 1190-1194. Æ (AR plate?) 8mm Half Denaro. Palermo mint. Arabic legend in three lines / Same in two lines, small cross between. MEC XIV 446 (2) // Henry VI. 1194-1197. Æ 10mm Dirham Fraction (1/4 Tercenarius?). Palermo mint. Arabic legend in Naski script / +/Z RE[X] / [S]ICI[L]. MEC XIV 477 // James I. 1285-1296. BI 16mm. Denari. Messina mint. Crowned head left / Cross. MEC XIV 769 // Alfonso the Magnanimous. 1442-1458. BI 14mm Denari. Messina mint. Eagle / Shield of Aragon. MEC XIV 844 (2). Fair to VF. LOT SOLD AS IS, NO RETURNS. 17 coins in lot.