Lot 1326

Description

Italy, Sicily (Regno), Guglielmo II (William II) il Buono (the Good), (1166-1189), billon dirham fraction, 10mm, (0.52 g), Palermo mint, obv. al-malik/Ghulyalim/al-muazzam in Kufic in three lines, rev. billah/al-mustaizz in Kufic in two lines, in center, cross potent flanked by pellets, (Travaini, Monetazione, 367, Spahr 116, MEC 14, 400); another (1166-1189) AE trifollaro, 25mm, (9.78 g), Messina mint, obv. lion's head facing, rev. palm tree, (Spahr 117, MEC 425, Biaggi 1231). First coin good very fine, second coin nearly fine, both scarce. (2)

Ex Dr L.J. Sherwin Collection, the first coin from CNG eSAle 325, April 23, 2014 (lot 835) the second coin from V.C. Vecchi, December 6, 1972.