CNG 87, Lot: 1773. Estimate $500. Sold for $3000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ITALY, Papale (Stato pontificio). Clemens XI (Giovanni Francesco Albani). 1700-1721. AR Piastra (44mm, 31.98 g, 12h). Rome mint. Dated RY VI (1706). Bust left, wearing camauro, mozzetta, and pallium / S. Pietro seated slightly left in galley under sail slightly right on sea; from clouds above, two personifications of the wind blowing into sails; coat-of-arms below. CNI XVII 76; Muntoni 48; Serafini 64-5; Berman 2383; Davenport 1436; KM 683. Good VF, toned, die flaw at 3h on obverse.

From the Clarence & Helen Zaar Maritime Collection.