Triton XV, Lot: 1775. Estimate $2000. Sold for $3250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ITALY, Papale (Stato pontificio). Clemens XII (Lorenzo Corsini). 1730-1740. AR Mezza piastra (36mm, 14.65 g, 1h). Commemorating the Restoration of the Church Façade. Rome mint. Dually-dated RY 7 and 1736 in Roman numerals. CLEMENS XII · P : M : A : VII, bust right, wearing camauro, mozzetta, and pallium decorated with rayed cross crosslet / DECVS PATRIÆ, façade of the San Giovanni de Fiorentini in Rome; in exergue, small coat-of-arms between MDCC XXXVI. CNI XVI 134; Muntoni 19; Serafini 30-2; Berman 2617; KM 879. Superb EF, iridescently toned, a few light adjustment marks on the reverse.