Superb 30 Tari

Triton XIV, Lot: 1410. Estimate $10000. Sold for $8000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ITALY, Regno di Napoli e Sicilia. Ferdinando III. First reign, 1759-1799. AR Oncia da 30 Tarì (58mm, 68.20 g, 6h). Palermo mint; Gabriele Lancilotto Castello, acting mintmaster. Dated 1791. FERDINANDVS • D • G • SICIL • ET • HIER • REX, cuirassed bust right; aegis on breastplate / EX AVRO ARGENTEA RESVRGIT • 1791 •, Phoenix facing, head left, with wings displayed, arising from flames; radiant sun above, G • L • C • I • across field. Spahr 2; Davenport 565. Choice EF, toned.