| Astarte S.A. > Web Auction 4 | Auction date: 7 April 2024 |
| Lot number: 330 Price realized: 140 CHF (Approx. 155 USD / 142 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: ITALY. Sicily. Ruggero II, 1130-1154. Tarì (Gold, 11.60 mm, 1.46 g). Palermo? After 1140. Around a central pellet and circle, "al-malik Rujjar al-muʿtazz billāh" ('King Ruggero, Strengthened by Allah' in Arabic); [mint and date formula around]. Rev. Long cross with two annullets above; IC – XC / NI – KA, (abbreviated form of 'Jesus Christ conquers' in Greek); mint and date formula around. Spahr I, 64 (Siqilliya mint). MEC 14, 208-9. MIR Sicilia, 22. Rare. Struck slightly off center and with areas of weakness, otherwise, About Very Fine. Starting price: 30 CHF |  |
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| Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 29 | Auction date: 24 February 2024 |
| Lot number: 3414 Price realized: 220 CHF (Approx. 250 USD / 231 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: ITALY. Sicilia (Regno). Ruggero II, 1130-1154. Tari (Gold, 12 mm, 1.22 g). A pseudo-Kufic legend around a central pellet and circle, 'al-malik Rujjār al-muʿtazz billāh' ('King Ruggero, Strengthened by Allah' in Arabic); illegible margin in pseudo-Kufic. Rev. At the sides of a cross on a long shaft, 'IC – XC / NI – KA', the abbreviated form of Ἰησοῦς Χριστὸς νικᾷ ('Jesus Christ conquers' in Greek); illegible margin in pseudo-Kufic. MEC 14, 202. Struck slightly off center and with areas of weakness, otherwise, very fine. From a Bavarian collection, formed before 2005. Starting price: 25 CHF |  |
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| Astarte S.A. > Web Auction 3 | Auction date: 22 February 2024 |
| Lot number: 348 Price realized: 130 CHF (Approx. 148 USD / 137 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: ITALY. KINGDOM OF SICILY. Ruggero II, 1130-1154. Tarì (Gold, 12.82 mm, 1.52 g), Messina or Palermo mint. Struck after the reform of 1140. Pellet in pelleted circle within kufic legend. Rev. Cross on a long rod with two annulets above; on the sides, IC - XC / NI – KA; all within a double circle. Spahr 64. MIR 22. Friedberg 632. Biaggi 1220. Very Fine. Starting price: 50 CHF |  |
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| Astarte S.A. > Web Auction 2 | Auction date: 9 December 2023 |
| Lot number: 378 Price realized: 80 CHF (Approx. 91 USD / 84 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: KINGDOM OF SICILY. Ruggero II, 1130-1154. Tarì (Gold, 13.00 mm, 1.02 g), Messina or Palermo mint. Struck after the reform of 1140. Pellet in pelleted circle within kufic legend. Rev. Cross on a long rod; on the sides, IC - XC / NI – KA; all within a double circle. Spahr 69. MIR 22 and 431. Very Fine. Starting price: 50 CHF |  |
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| Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 29 | Auction date: 24 February 2024 |
| Lot number: 3415 Price realized: 150 CHF (Approx. 170 USD / 157 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: ITALY. Sicilia (Regno). Ruggero II, 1130-1154. Tari (Gold, 14 mm, 1.00 g, 12 h). Around a central pellet and circle, 'al-malik Rujjar al-muʿtazz billāh' ('King Ruggero, Strengthened by Allah' in Arabic); illegible mint/date formula around. Rev. Long cross; IC – XC / NI – KA, the abbreviated form of Ἰησοῦς Χριστὸς νικᾷ ('Jesus Christ conquers' in Greek); illegible mint/date formula around. Cf. Spahr 63 (Siqilliya mint). Struck from worn dies on an irregular flan, otherwise, very fine. Starting price: 25 CHF |  |
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| Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 29 | Auction date: 24 February 2024 |
| Lot number: 3416 Price realized: 140 CHF (Approx. 159 USD / 147 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: ITALY. Sicilia (Regno). Ruggero II, 1130-1154. Tari (Gold, 14 mm, 1.39 g, 12 h). Around a central pellet and circle, 'al-malik Rujjar al-muʿtazz billāh' ('King Ruggero, Strengthened by Allah' in Arabic); illegible mint/date formula around. Rev. Long cross; IC – XC / NI – KA, the abbreviated form of Ἰησοῦς Χριστὸς νικᾷ ('Jesus Christ conquers' in Greek); illegible mint/date formula around. Cf. Spahr 63 (Siqilliya mint). Struck on an irregular flan, otherwise, about very fine. Starting price: 25 CHF |  |
