CNG 100, Lot: 779. Estimate $1000. Sold for $5500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ITALY, Milano (Duchi). Barnabo Visconti. 1354-1385. AV Fiorino (20mm, 3.49 g, 11h). Helmet with dragon crest above coat-of-arms; all within ornate frame / Eagle above Biscione (crowned serpent devouring man); all within ornate frame. CNI V 4; Crippa 1; Friedberg 677 (this coin illustrated). VF, toned, flaw on obverse, slightly clipped. Rare.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams. Ex Stack’s (8 December 1988), lot 3230; Stack’s (4 March 1988), lot 1273.