The Lissner Collection, Lot: 534. Estimate $1000. Sold for $1900. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ITALY, Sardegna (Regno). Vittorio Emanuele II. As Re Eletto d’Italia, 1859-1861. AR 2 Lire (26mm, 9.97 g, 6h). Firenze (Florence) mint; segni: Mt. Araldici/snake devouring tail. Guiseppe Ferraris, engraver. Marchese Luigi Ridolfi, director. Dated 1860 F. KM 12; Pagani 436; C 86; Mont 112. In NGC encapsulation graded MS 64. Muted very lustrous surfaces with just a hint of patina. A superb type coin and very scarce. Highest graded, none higher.