341, Lot: 578. Estimate $150. Sold for $260. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ITALY, Sicilia (Regno). Guglielmo III. 1194. AV Tarì (13mm, 0.92 g, 10h). Madinat Siqilliyyah (Palermo) mint. [Dated AH 591 (AD 1194)]. “al-malik Ghuyalim al-mu’tazz b-’llah” around two pellets-in-annulet; mint formula and [AH date] in outer margin / Cross-tipped scepter; IC XC/NI KA across field; – above IC and XC; mint formula and [AH date] in outer margin. Cf. Travaini, Monetazione, 410 (for type); cf. Spahr 141 (same); cf. MIR 455 (same); MEC 14, –. VF, toned.

From the J. Herbert Collection.