CNG 90, Lot: 2297. Estimate $1500. Sold for $4250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ITALY, Savoia (Ducato). Carlo Emanuele I il Grande/Testa di fuoco (the Great/the ‘Fireheaded’). 1580-1630. AR Scudo da 9 Fiorini (43mm, 22.79 g, 5h). Type III. Vercelli mint. Dated 1620. CAROLVS : EM : D : G : DVX : SAB : (ET) : Є, armored and draped bust right, wearing elaborate collar; VER·1620 below shoulder / · BENEDIC · HÆR EDITATI · TVÆ ·, beatus Amedeo standing facing, head right, wearing nimbus crown, holding scepter, and leaning upon garnished shield to right, with inscription in eight lines; · ff · 9 · in exergue. CNI I 367; Cudazzo 615b; Morosini 26; Davenport 4159. Good VF, toned. Very rare.