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271, Lot: 166. Estimate $40000.
Sold for $55000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ITALY, Papale (Stato pontificio). Alexander VII (Fabio Chigi). 1655-1667. AV Quadrupla (32mm, 13.26 g, 5h). Avignon mint. Dated 1659. ALEXANDER · VII · PON · MAX · (rosette stops), bust right, wearing zucchetto and mantum; coat-of-arms and uncertain mintmaster’s mark below / (rosette) FLAVIVS · CARD : GHISIVS · LEGAT · AVEN · I659, coat-of-arms. Unpublished and possibly unique. Superb EF.


Property of Princeton Economics acquired by Martin Armstrong. Ex Numismatica Ars Classica 14 (9 October 1998), lot 1110; Numismatic Ars Classica Autumn Sale (26 October 1995), lot 1013.