| Astarte S.A. > Web Auction 4 | Auction date: 7 April 2024 |
| Lot number: 331 Price realized: 38 CHF (Approx. 42 USD / 39 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: ITALY. Sicily. Guglielmo I il Malo (the Bad), 1154-1166. Tarì (Gold, 10.64 mm, 1.10 g). Palermo? Around a simbol and circle, "al-malik Ghulialm al-muʿtazz billāh" ('King Guglielmo, 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, 89 (Siqilliya mint). MEC -. MIR Sicilia -. Rare. Areas of weakness and tiny flan crack, otherwise, Good Fine. Starting price: 30 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 |  |
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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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| Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 28 | Auction date: 9 December 2023 |
| Lot number: 6032 Price realized: 220 CHF (Approx. 250 USD / 232 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: ISLAMIC, Arabia. Sulayhids. 'Arwa bint Ahmad, AH 484-532 / AD 1091-1137. 1/2 Dinar (Gold, 19 mm, 1.10 g, 2 h), Dhu Jibla, AH [4]98 = 1104/5. Within three concentric circles, Shiʿa kalima in a pseudo-Kufic style, 'lā ilāha illā Allāh / Muḥammad rasūl Allāh / ʿAlī walī Allāh' ('There is no deity but Allah. Muhammad is the messenger of Allah. Ali is the friend of Allah' in Arabic); in the margin, mint and date formula in a blundered style consisting of horizontal, vertical and diagonal lines. Rev. Within a circle, in the name of her deceased husband al-Mukarram Ahmad (AH 473-484 / AD 1081-1091), 'al-malik al-sayyid / al-Mukarram ʿuẓām / al-ʿarab sulṭān / amīr al-muʾminīn' ('The king, the lord, al-Mukarram, the chief of the Arabs, sultan under the Commander of the Believers' in Arabic in a blundered style); in the margin, citing the Fatimid caliph al-Mustansir billah (AH 427-487 / AD 1036-1094), 'al-imām Maʿadd Abū Tamīm al-Mustanṣir billāh amīr al-muʾminīn' ('Imam Maʿadd Abu Tamim al-Mustansir billah, Commander of the Believers' in Arabic in a blundered style). Album 1078.1. Bold strike and attractive. Minor die wear, otherwise, good very fine. From an old Swiss collection, privately acquired from Athina in the late 1980s. Starting price: 50 CHF |  |
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| Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 28 | Auction date: 9 December 2023 |
| Lot number: 6034 Price realized: 170 CHF (Approx. 193 USD / 179 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: ISLAMIC, Arabia. Sulayhids. 'Arwa bint Ahmad, AH 484-532 / AD 1091-1137. 1/2 Dinar (Gold, 19 mm, 1.10 g, 10 h), Dhu Jibla, AH [4]98 = 1104/5. Within three concentric circles, Shiʿa kalima in a pseudo-Kufic style, 'lā ilāha illā Allāh / Muḥammad rasūl Allāh / ʿAlī walī Allāh' ('There is no deity but Allah. Muhammad is the messenger of Allah. Ali is the friend of Allah' in Arabic); in the margin, mint and date formula in a blundered style consisting of horizontal, vertical and diagonal lines. Rev. Within a circle, in the name of her deceased husband al-Mukarram Ahmad (AH 473-484 / AD 1081-1091), 'al-malik al-sayyid / al-Mukarram ʿuẓām / al-ʿarab sulṭān / amīr al-muʾminīn' ('The king, the lord, al-Mukarram, the chief of the Arabs, sultan under the Commander of the Believers' in Arabic in a blundered style); in the margin, citing the Fatimid caliph al-Mustansir billah (AH 427-487 / AD 1036-1094), 'al-imām Maʿadd Abū Tamīm al-Mustanṣir billāh amīr al-muʾminīn' ('Imam Maʿadd Abu Tamim al-Mustansir billah, Commander of the Believers' in Arabic in a blundered style). Album 1078.1. Struck from the usual somewhat worn dies, otherwise, very fine. From an old Swiss collection, privately acquired from Athina in the late 1980s. Starting price: 25 CHF |  |
