271, Lot: 160. Estimate $5000. Sold for $16000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ITALY, Papale (Stato pontificio). Clemens VII (Giulio di Giuliano de’ Medici). 1523-1534. AV Ducato (23mm, 3.42 g, 12h). Modena mint; mm: leaf/-. · CLEMENS · VII · PONT · MAX ·, bust left, wearing mantum / ° S · GEM ° MVT INEN ° EPS °, S. Gimignano seated facing on throne, wearing nimbus crown and miter, raising hand in benediction, and holding crozier; two coats-of-arms in exergue. CNI IX 1; Muntoni 111 var. (rev. legend); Serafini 193; Berman 882; Friedberg 406 (this coin illustrated). VF, minor flan waviness. Rare.

Property of Princeton Economics acquired by Martin Armstrong. Ex Numismatica Ars Classica 14 (9 October 1998), lot 1051.