210, Lot: 454. Estimate $200. Sold for $480. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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ITALY, Papal Bullae. Boniface VIII (Benedetto Caetani). 1294-1303. PB Bulla (36mm, 39.25 g, 12h). BONI/FATIVS/P P · VIII in three lines; all within linear-beaded border; (Ω above P P; triple-pellet stop) / S PA S PE, bare heads of Sts. Paul and Peter, facing slightly right and left, respectively, each within beaded halo; cruciform scepter between; all within beaded-linear border. Serafini I 2 (same dies as bulla illustrated). EF, minor scratch on reverse.
From the Luparello Collection.