Triton XIV, Lot: 1413. Estimate $400. Sold for $650. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ITALY, Regno di Napoli e Sicilia. Giuseppe Buonaparte. 1806-1808. AR 120 Grana (39mm, 27.53 g, 6h). Naples mint. Dated 1807. Head left / Crowned coat of arms flanked by figures holding prow and anchor. Pagani 42; Davenport 165. Good VF.

Joseph Bonaparte, elder brother of Napoleon I of France, was given the title of King of Naples and Sicily for a brief period from 1806-1808 during the turbulent Napoleonic Wars.