Triton XX, Lot: 1279. Estimate $3000. Sold for $3000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ITALY, Papale (Stato pontificio). Benedict III. 855-858. AR Denaro (21mm, 1.06 g, 1h). nomine Louis II, Holy Roman emperor. Rome mint. + (horizontal S)C(horizontal S) PETRV(horizontal S), • B •/NED/• (PA) • in three lines / (star) LVDOVVICV(horizontal S) (MP), PIVS monogram. CNI XV 7; Muntoni 4; Berman 31; MEC 1, 1046-7. VF, toned, deposits, areas of weak strike at periphery, some hairline flan cracks. Very rare.

Ex Montenapoleone 4 (28 February 1984), lot 6.