ANS Duplicate

Triton XIV, Lot: 1412. Estimate $1000. Sold for $1700. 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 (47mm, 68.10 g, 12h). Palermo mint; Nicola d’Ogremont Vigevi, mintmaster. Dated 1793. FERDINAN • D • G • SICIL • ET • HIER • REX •, cuirassed bust right; aegis on breastplate; T • 30 • in exergue / EX • AVRO • ARGENTEA • RE SVRGIT • 1793 •, Phoenix rising right from flames, with wings displayed; personification of sun to upper right, N·∂’-O·V across field. Spahr 3; Davenport 1422. VF, lightly toned, some scratches in fields.

Duplicate from the collection of the American Numismatic Society (acc. #1937.146.2748, from the Herbert Scoville Bequest).