CNG 87, Lot: 1787. Estimate $150. Sold for $170. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ITALY, Papale (Stato pontificio). Beatus Pius IX (Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti). 1846-1878. CU 2 Baiocchi (35mm, 19.49 g, 6h). Scudo standard. Rome mint. Dually-dated RY IV and 1849. Coat-of-arms / Denomination and date in three lines; all within wreath. CNI XVII 40 var. (no engraver’s marks); Muntoni 28a; Serafini 246; Berman 3323; Pagani 488b; Gigante 193; KM 1343. UNC, red-brown surfaces.

From the HLT Collection.