From the Niggeler Collection

Triton XX, Lot: 1309. Estimate $15000. Sold for $17000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ITALY, Sicilia (Regno). Federico I (Federico II, Sacro Romano Impero). 1198-1250. AV Half Augustalis (16mm, 2.62 g, 7h). Messina mint. Struck circa 1231-1250. • CЄSAR AVG • • IMP ROM •, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / + FRIDE RICVS, eagle standing left, head right, with wings spread. Spahr 103; MEC 14, 517; Friedberg 135 (Brindisi). Near EF. Well struck. Very rare.

Ex Walter Niggeler Collection (Part IV, Bank Leu/Münzen und Medaillen, 3 November 1967), lot 182.