Watch List notes:

ITALY, Salerno (principato). Gisulfo II. 1052-1077. Æ Follaro (19mm, 1.80 g, 3h). Crowned and mantled bust facing, holding scepter; star to right / View of fortified city enclosure: multi story tower with arched gate and crenelated walls around; water below. Cf. CNI XVIII 3-5 (Gisulfo I; for type); Travaini, Monetazione 13; cf. MEC 14, 13-14 (same). Good VF, green and brown patina, slight weak strike at periphery, a couple of minor flan splits. An exceptional example.


Ex Classical Numismatic Group 96 (14 May 2014), lot 1311; Classical Numismatic Group 87 (18 May 2011), lot 1811.