CNG 96, Lot: 1302. Estimate $400. Sold for $525. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ITALY, Napoli (Regno). Ferdinando IV. First Reign in Napoli, 1759-1799. AV 6 Ducati (27mm, 8.83 g, 6h). Napoli (Naples) mint; Cesare Coppola, mintmaster, Giovanni Russo, trial master, and Bernardo Perger, chief engraver. Dated 1772. Armored and draped bust right, wearing the Order of the Golden Fleece; • B • P • below bust / Crowned coat-of arms within Collar of the Order of the Golden Fleece and other Orders; all within palm frond and olive branch; C/R C across field; D 6 (denomination) flanking wreath ends. CNI XX 86; Pannuti-Riccio 20; MIR 357/3; Friedberg 849. VF, a few light adjustment marks, minute traces of deposits.

Ex Archer M. Huntington Collection (HSA 1001.1.1583).