220, Lot: 583. Estimate $100. Sold for $115. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ITALY, Sicilia (Regno). Guglielmo I il Malo (the Bad). 1154-1166. AV Tari (12mm, 1.02 g). Messina mint. Dated AH 549 (AD 1154). “King William the magnificent, he who guides by the order of God” in Arabic around circle with central pellet / IC-XC/NI-KA around cross. Spahr 83; MEC 14, 282. VF, areas of weak strike.

From the D. Alighieri Collection.