233, Lot: 589. Estimate $150. Sold for $390. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ITALY, Sicilia (Regno). Ruggero II. 1130-1154. Æ 1/2 Follaro (15mm, 1.25 g). Bari mint. Struck AH 534 (1139/40). Nimbate bust of St. Nicolas facing / Star within linear circle; date in Arabic legend. Travaini, Monetazione, 210; MEC 14, 193-5. VF, earthen brown patina. Scarce this nice.

From the John Bitner Collection.