Sale: Triton IX, Lot: 1939. Estimate $750.  Closing Date: Monday, 9 January 2006.  Sold For $1500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ITALY, Papal States. Benedict XIV (Prospero Lambertini). 1740-1758. AR Scudo (26.40 g, 12h). Dated 1753, RY 14. Otto Hamerani, sculptor. BENED • XIV • PONT • MAX • AN • XIV, bust right wearing cap and stole; O HAMERANI below / MDCCLIII, personification of the Church seated with clouds, holding keys and pointing to an aedicula; Bonacursi arms to right. Leaved edge. Muntoni III p. 179, 44; CNI XVII p. 141, 311; Berman 2738; KM 1180; Davenport 1459. EF, mottled toning. ($750)