CNG 84, Lot: 1780. Estimate $300. Sold for $700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ITALY, Sicilia (Regno). Ruggero II. 1130-1154. AV Tari (14mm, 0.66 g, 11h). Palermo mint. Dated AH 53[5-540] (AD 1140-1145) . “The king Ruggero exalted by God” in Kufic around central pellet-in annulet; mint and AH date in margin / Cross-tipped scepter, IC XC/NI KA across field; mint and AH date in margin. Travaini, Monetazione, 216; Spahr 63; MEC 14, 201-4. EF.