384, Lot: 796. Estimate $200. Sold for $260. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ITALY, Sicilia (Regno). Federico I (Federico II, Sacro Romano Impero). 1198-1250. AV Tarì (12mm, 1.65 g, 8h). Class E. Uncertain mint, possibly Brindisi. Struck circa 1231-1250. Crowned eagle facing, head left, with wings displayed / Cruciform scepter; Ω Ω/IC XC/NI KΛ in three lines across field. Travaini 11 var. (pellet over left wing); Spahr 66 var. (same); MEC 14, 529-31 var. (same); Friedberg 651 (as Messina); Biaggi 1246 (as Messina). VF, traces of reddish deposits in devices, areas of weak strike.

From the Dr. Lawrence D. Sporty Collection.