CNG 100, Lot: 775. Estimate $1500. Sold for $2300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ITALY, Mantova (Duchi). Federico II Gonzaga. 1519–1540. AV Scudo (27mm, 3.33 g, 5h). Struck 1530-1536. Crowned coat-of-arms / Christ rising from Sepulchre; Cross and instruments of the Passion in background. CNI IV 145; Friedberg 528. VF, lightly toned, minor waviness. Rare.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams, purchased from M. Louis Teller, March 1980.