271, Lot: 170. Estimate $5000. Sold for $9000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ITALY, Papale (Stato pontificio). Innocentius XIII (Michelangelo Conti). 1721-1724. AV Scudo (20mm, 3.34 g, 12h). Rome mint. Dated RY 3 (1724). INNOC • XIII • P • M • A • III, bust right, wearing camauro, mozzetta, and pallium / MAGNARVM • ALARVM, eagle standing facing, head left; small crown above. CNI XVII 23; Muntoni 1; Serafini 1-2; Berman 2515; Friedberg 220; KM 869. EF. Exceptional. Very rare.

Property of Princeton Economics acquired by Martin Armstrong. Ex Numismatica Ars Classica 14 (9 October 1998), lot 1180; Kunst und Münzen XXI (14 May 1980), lot 685; M. Ratto (8 May 1953), lot 1454.