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CNG 96, Lot: 1322. Estimate $3000.
Sold for $3250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ITALY, Sicilia (Regno). Ferdinando II il Cattolico (the Catholic). 1504-1516. AV Trionfo (22mm, 3.54 g, 2h). First Coinage, Class D. Messina mint; Giovanni lo Nobile, mintmaster. Struck 1490 to circa 1503. + FERDINΛNDVS DEI G R CΛSTEL, Ferdinando seated facing on throne with eagle supports, holding globus cruciger; double annulet stops / + FERDINΛNDVS D G R SICILIE A, crowned eagle standing left with wings displayed; I N below wings. Spahr 84; Crusafont 595I; MIR 237/9; MEC 14, pp. 328-329; Friedberg 659 . Good VF, toned.


Ex Archer M. Huntington Collection (Numismatica Ars Classica 69, 4 December 2012), lot 566 (HSA 1001.1.1616).