CNG 100, Lot: 833. Estimate $2000. Sold for $2300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ITALY, Salerno. Guglielmo II. 1166-1189. AV Tari (20mm, 0.86 g, 9h). Star surrounded by Kufic “King William the Second” / W (= William) surrounded by Kufic “Protector of the Christians”. CNI XVIII, 1; Travaini, Monetazione 362; MEC 14, 410; Biaggi 2298; Friedberg 1009. Good VF. Very rare, only one on CoinArchives (Heritage 3008, lot 22337 for a hammer of $4,250).

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams, purchased from Stephrn Album, December 1986.