CNG 87, Lot: 1797. Estimate $150. Sold for $280. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ITALY, Papale (Stato pontificio). Beatus Pius IX (Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti). 1846-1878. CU 4 Soldi (36mm, 19.88 g, 6h). Lira standard. Rome mint. Dually-dated RY XXI and 1867. Bust left, wearing zucchetta, mozzetta, and pallium / Denomination in two lines. CNI XVII 231; Muntoni 58a; Serafini 493-4; Berman 3346; Pagani 591; Gigante 317; KM 1374. UNC, red-brown surfaces.

From the HLT Collection. Ex Coin Galleries (29 April 1976), lot 487.