Sale: Triton VI, Lot: 1279. Estimate $20000.  Closing Date: Monday, 13 January 2003.  Sold For $18000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ITALY, Spanish Kings of Naples. Alfonso I of Aragon. 1442-1458. AV Alfonsino or Ducatone (5.29 gm). Naples mint, magistrate Salvatore Mirobello. Struck circa 1455-1458. +ALFONSVS D G R ARAG SI C V FA, arms of the kings of Aragon (Jerusalem cross in 2nd and 3rd quarters) / +DNS M ADIVTOR ET EGO DESP IN M, armored king on horseback charging right; M (engraved over S) in left field. CNI XIX page 55, 5 var. (not re-engraved); Pannuti 1b; Crusafont 422 D var. Choice EF, nice sharp strike. Extremely rare. (See color enlargement on plate 19.) ($20,000)

This reverse die was originally made for Francesco Senier, mint magistrate 1450-1455, and then re-cut for use by Mirobello.