CNG 91, Lot: 1372. Estimate $5000. Sold for $7000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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ITALY, Papale (Stato pontificio). Clemens VII. 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, very slightly wavy flan. Possibly once mounted. Rare.
Property of Princeton Economics acquired by Martin Armstrong. Ex Numismatica Ars Classica 14 (9 October 1998), lot 1051.