CNG 90, Lot: 2289. Estimate $500. Sold for $1650. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ITALY, Papale (Stato pontificio). Julius III. 1550-1555. AR Doppia Carlino (27mm, 4.72 g, 6h). Rome mint. Dated RY 5 (AD 1555). Bust left / Abundantia seated left, holding cornucopia and patera over altar; in exergue, C within sacred heart, trefoils flanking. CNI XV 78; Muntoni 9 (this coin illustrated); Berman 987. VF, toned.

Property of Princeton Economics acquired by Martin Armstrong. Ex Numismatica Ars Classica 15 (9 October 1998), lot 1602.