CNG 87, Lot: 1786. Estimate $200. Sold for $260. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ITALY, Papale (Stato pontificio). Beatus Pius IX (Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti). 1846-1878. CU 5 Baiocchi (40mm, 41.77 g, 6h). Scudo standard. Rome mint. Dually-dated RY IV and 1849. Coat-of-arms within wreath / Denomination and date in three lines; all within wreath. CNI XVII 37; Muntoni 25; Serafini 219-20; Berman 3321; Pagani 475; Gigante 166; KM 1346. AU, red-brown surfaces.

From the HLT Collection.