CNG 88, Lot: 1908. Estimate $4000. Sold for $5500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ITALY, Papale (Stato pontificio). Beatus Pius IX (Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti). 1846-1878. AV 100 Lire (35mm, 32.24 g, 6h). Rome mint. Dually-dated RY 23 and 1868. PIVS IX PONT. MAX. A. XXIII, bust left, wearing zucchetto, mozzetta, and pallium / STATO PONTIFICIO, 100/LIRE/1868 in three lines; all within laurel and oak wreath. CNI XVII 256; Muntoni 38a; Serafini 393-4; Berman 3330; Pagani 520; Gigante 258; Friedberg 278; KM 1383. EF, underlying luster, with a few light marks. Very rare, with a mintage of only 545 pieces.