CNG 91, Lot: 1388. Estimate $200. Sold for $400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ITALY, Sicilia (Regno). Guglielmo II il Buono (the Good). 1166-1189. AV Tarì d’oro (13mm, 1.44 g, 4h). Palermo or Messina mint. Large symbol; uncertain Kufic legend in outer margin; “King Guglielmo the second powerful through God (Allah)” in Kufic in inner margin / Cross potent on shaft, pellets flanking upper bar; IC XC/NI KA across field; macrons above IC and XC. Travaini, Monetazione, 359; Spahr 108; MEC -. Near VF, area of flat strike. Rare.