CNG 91, Lot: 1396. Estimate $300. Sold for $500. 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 (14mm, 2.49 g, 6h). Class A. Palermo or Messina mint. Large FE; pseudo-Kufic legend in outer margin; “Enrico Caesar Augustus” in stylized Kufic in inner margin / Cross potent on shaft, pellets flanking upper bar; IC XC/NI KA across field; macrons above IC and XC. Travaini, Monete, 132.3; Spahr 62; cf. MEC 14, 493-5. Good VF.