CNG 100, Lot: 830. Estimate $1000. Sold for $1600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ITALY, Reggio (Duchi). Ercole II d'Este. 1534-1559. AV Scudo (24mm, 3.36 g, 6h). Coat-of-arms / Christ with Cross, bleeding from side into chalice. CNI IX 91; Friedberg 981. Good VF, lightly toned. Rare.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams. Ex J. Pierpont Morgan Collection (Stack's, 14 September 1983), lot 188.