Triton XIX, Lot: 2506. Estimate $5000. Sold for $9500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ITALY, Mantova (Marchesato). Ludovico III (II) Gonzaga. 1444–1478. AV Ducato (22mm, 3.48 g, 12h). Ludovico standing facing, head right, holding sword and coat-of-arms / St. George on horseback rearing left, holding reins and spear and slaying dragon to lower right. CNI IV 3; MIR 388; Biaggi 1138; Friedberg 515. VF. Very rare.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams, purchased from M. Louis Teller, November 1983.