CNG 87, Lot: 1770. Estimate $300. Sold for $525. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ITALY, Papale (Stato pontificio). Urbanus VIII (Maffeo Barberini). 1623-1644. AR Testone (30mm, 9.68 g, 5h). Rome mint. Dated RY 21 (1645). Coat-of-arms / The Virgin standing facing on crescent; all within mandorla of rays. CNI XVI 585; Muntoni 75a var. (obv. legend); Serafini 206 var. (rev. legend); Berman 1726; KM 218. Good VF, toned.

From the TJH Collection.