Triton XIX, Lot: 2512. Estimate $5000. Sold for $8000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ITALY, Massa di Lunigiana (Principato). Alberico I Cybo Malaspina. 1568-1623. AV Due doppia (30mm, 13.17 g, 4h). Dated 1588. Armored bust right, wearing elaborate ruff / Crowned coat-of-arms. CNI XI 115; MIR 259/2; Friedberg 592. VF, some flan flaws, possibly once in a ring mount. Very rare.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams. Ex World-Wide Coins of California (James F. Elmen) XIV (17 November 1988), lot 268.