249, Lot: 429. Estimate $200. Sold for $280. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ITALY, Stati della Chiesi (Papal States). Paulus IV (Giovanni Pietro Carafa). Pope, 1555-1559. AR Testone (30mm, 8.75 g, 7h). Rome mint. Papal coat-of-arms / St. Peter seated facing on throne, holding keys, raising hand in benediction, and wearing nimbus crown. CNI XV 56; Berman 1039. VF, toned.