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LOT 4197
Italy. Sicilia (Regno), Enrico VI (son of Frederick Barbarossa) BI Dirham Fraction. Struck December 1194/5. Palermo mint.
[Z] REX SICIL in two lines; [cross flanked by pellets above], three pellets below / "Harir qaysar al-mu'azzam" in Kufic in three lines. MEC 14, 477-8; Spahr 2. Very Fine.(1.07gr, 11mm, 12h.).
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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LOT 4197
Italy. Sicilia (Regno), Enrico VI (son of Frederick Barbarossa) BI Dirham Fraction.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
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