Triton XIX, Lot: 2533. Estimate $2000. Sold for $37500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ITALY, Regno delle Due Sicilie. Gioacchino Murat. 1808-1815. AV ‘5 Lire’ (37mm, 32.21 g, 12h). Napoli (Naples) mint. Later restrike. Bare head right / Crowned, collared, and mantled coat-of-arms with triton supporters; crossed scepters in background. Cf. MIR 441 (original strike in silver dated 1812); cf. KM (C) 11 (same); Friedberg –. Choice EF, proof-like surfaces, die break, some hairlines. Off-metal strike in gold.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams. Ex Irving Goodman Collection (Goldberg 15, 4 June 2002), lot 82; Palace Collections of Egypt (King Farouk – Sotheby’s, 24 February 1954), lot 1071 (part of).