CNG 91, Lot: 1368. Estimate $3000. Sold for $11000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ITALY, Mantova (Ducato). Ferdinando I Gonzaga. 1612–1626. AV Doppia (26mm, 6.51 g, 3h). Dated 1614 in Roman numerals. FER · CAR · D G · DV X · M · VI · (ET) · M · F · IIII, bust left, wearing biretta, mantum, and Collar of the Order of the Blood of Christ / NIHIL ISTO T RISTE RECEPTO, two angels standing facing one another, holding reliquary between them; ·MDCXIIII· in exergue. CNI IV 28 var. (legends); Varesi 581/2; Bignotti 14; Friedberg 554; KM 119. VF, underlying luster. Extremely rare.