CNG 91, Lot: 1389. Estimate $300. Sold for $1400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ITALY, Sicilia (Regno). Tancredi. 1189-1194. AV Tarì d’oro (12mm, 1.72 g, 9h). Class A. Messina mint. Large A; uncertain Kufic legend in outer margin; “King Tancredi the magnificent” in Kufic in inner margin / Cross potent on shaft, annulets flanking upper bar; IC XC/HI KA (sic) across field; macrons above IC and XC. Travaini, Monetazione, 386; Spahr 134; cf. MEC 14, 439. Good VF.