Triton XVII, Lot: 1300. Estimate $300. Sold for $375. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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ITALY, Sicilia (Regno). Guglielmo II il Buono (the Good). 1166-1189. AV Tarì (12mm, 1.39 g, 1h). Uncertain (Palermo or Messina) mint. Dated AH 5[...] (AD 1166-1189). “al-malik Ghuyalim al-thani al-musta’izz b-’llah” around central star of six rays within annulet; mint formula and [AH date] in outer margin / Cross-tipped scepter; IC XC/NI KA across field; – above IC and XC; annulets or pellets to left and right of upper bar; mint formula and [AH date] in outer margin. Cf. Travaini,
Monetazione, 356; (for type) Spahr 102; MEC 14, –. VF.
Ex Archer M. Huntington Collection (HSA 1001.57.4332).