CNG 87, Lot: 1824. Estimate $1500. Sold for $2500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ITALY, Sicilia (Regno). Ferdinando II il Cattolico (the Catholic). 1468-1516. AV Trionfo (22mm, 3.50 g, 11h). Messina mint; Giovanni lo Nobile, mintmaster. Struck circa 1503-1513. + FERDINΛNDVS : DEI : G : R : CΛSTELLE : (double annulet stops), crowned figure seated facing on leonine throne, holding lis-tipped scepter and orb / + FERDINΛNDVS : DEI : G : RX : SICILIE (double annulet stops), crowned eagle facing, head left, with wings spread; I N across lower field. Spahr 77; MEC 14, -; Varesi 237/9; Friedberg 659. VF, toned.

Ex Stack’s (14 January 2008), lot 3027.