CNG 96, Lot: 1306. Estimate $7500. Sold for $7500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ITALY, Papale (Stato pontificio). Formosus, with Guy of Spoleto. 891-896. AR Denaro (20mm, 1.37 g, 12h). Rome mint. Struck 891-894. FORMOSI P • (S horizontal), bust of St. Peter facing slightly left; S P flanking / + WWIDO (IMP) (quatrefoil), R O M A in cruciform monogram. CNI XV 2; Muntoni 1; Berman 45; Biaggi 2038. EF, lightly toned. Good metal. Very rare.