Very Rare Early Cornuto

CNG 85, Lot: 1381. Estimate $500. Sold for $1100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ITALY, Carmagnola. Gabriele di Saluzzo. Marquis, 1537-1548. AR Cornuto (29mm, 4.02 g, 7h). GABRIEL : SALVCIARVM : MAR, coat-of-arms surmounted by crowned helmet crested with winged chimera consuming male figure; G-M across field / : S ANCTVS : CONSTANTI’ :, St. Constantius on horseback riding right, holding banner and reins; annulet below. CNI II 2; MIR 159. VF, some surface marks and deposits, flan slightly irregular. Very rare.