CNG 91, Lot: 1392. Estimate $500. Sold for $2000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ITALY, Sicilia (Regno). Federico I (Federico II, Sacro Romano Impero). 1198-1250. AV Tarì d’oro (15mm, 3.13 g, 8h). Class E. Uncertain (Brindisi [?]) mint. Struck circa 1231-1250. Crowned stylized eagle facing, head left, with wings displayed, pellet above each wing; pseudo-Kufic in outer margin / Cross potent on shaft with pellet on shaft and on base; IC XC/NI KA across field; Ω above IC and XC. Travaini, Federico II -; Spahr 67; MEC 14, 527-8. Near EF, toned. Well centered on a large flan.