326, Lot: 682. Estimate $100. Sold for $110. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ITALY, Sicilia (Regno). Ruggero II. 1130-1154. Æ Follaro (17mm, 1.74 g). Messina mint. Dated AH 540 (1145/6). Star within octagon at center of cross; bi-amir al-malik Rujjār al-mu‘azzam around / duriba bi-Masīna sanat 540 in six lines around circle. Travaini, Monetazione, 245; Spahr 79; MEC 14, 221-225A. VF, green patina.

From the J. P. Righetti Collection.