Sale: CNG 61, Lot: 2451. Estimate $750.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 25 September 2002.  Sold For $750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ITALY, Mantua. Frederick II Gonzaga. 1519-1540. 1st Period. Æ Medallic Proof Scudo (15.31 gm). FEDERICVS II MAR V MANTVÆ; cuirassed bust left / St. Catherine of Alexandria standing facing, head left, holding palm branch in left hand and supporting wheel in right. Morosini 8; Magnaguti 160; Kress 90. Good VF, partially drilled for hole. Extremely rare. ($750)

Ex Classical Numismatic Group, Auction 55 (13 September 2000), lot 1714; Aretusa Sale 4 (Lugano, 1966), lot 1052.