Triton XVII, Lot: 1303. Estimate $6000. Sold for $7400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ITALY, Sicilia (Regno). Federico I (Federico II, Sacro Romano Impero). 1198-1250. AV Mezzo Augustale (16mm, 2.61 g, 6h). Brindisi mint. Struck circa 1231-1250. • IIIP ROII CЄSAR AVG, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / + FRIDE RICVS, eagle standing left, head right, with wings spread; two pellets by head. Spahr 104; MEC 14, 517 var. (no pellets; mint). VF, scratches on obverse. Very rare.

Ex Classical Numismatic Group 90 (23 May 2012), lot 2299; Schweizerischer Bankverein 10 (27 January 1981), lot 806.