Lot 1324

Description

Italy, Sicily (Regno), Guglielmo (William) I (1154-1166), AE kharruba? as a dirham fraction, 10mm, (0.69 g), Palermo mint, struck 553-554 AH (1196-1197), posthumous issue, "King William the Magnificent" in Arabic in three lines across field, lis in center of second line, rev. mint and date around eight-rayed star, (Spahr 96; MEC 14, 291); another fractional follaro, 12mm, (0.94 g), Messina mint, struck c.1155, obv. REX/W in two lines, rev. facing busts of the Virgin Mary and Christ Child, (MIR 33; Travaini, Monetazione, 302; Spahr 99; MEC 14, 286). Fine - very fine, first with olive patina, traces of silvering on reverse, second concave with earthen patina, both rare. (2)

Ex Dr L.J. Sherwin Collection, first from CNG eSale 98 (lot 215, October 7, 2004, second from I.S. Wright, August 3, 1995.