Sale: Triton XII, Lot: 875. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Monday, 5 January 2009.  Sold For $575. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ITALY, Papal Coinage. Issues of the Roman Senate. 12th-15th centuries. AV Ducat (Fiorino romano) (3.51 g, 5h). Rome mint. 1st period, struck circa 1350-1439. •/S/P/Є/T/R • S/Є/N ATOR • VRBI •, St. Peter standing right, holding Gospels and keys, presenting flag (type 13) to senator kneeling left / • ROMΛ • CΛPVT • • MVNDI • SPQR (head) •, Christ standing facing, raising hand in benediction and holding Gospels, surrounded by elliptical halo containing four stars to left, five to right; head at end of legend. CNI XV 504; Muntoni 104, Var. IV; Ives pl. VII; Biaggi 2127 var. (legends). Good VF, die shift on reverse.

From the B.R. Bell Collection.