Triton XX, Lot: 1295. Estimate $3000. Sold for $2500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ITALY, Papale (Stato pontificio). temp. Agapetus II. 931-955. AR Denaro (23mm, 1.53 g, 6h). nomine Alberic II of Speleto, patrician and de facto ruler of Rome. Rome mint. Struck circa 946-954. + ALBER[IC]V(horizontal S) PR, PACVS momogram / + (horizontal S)C(horizontal S) PETRV[(horizontal S)], draped bust of St. Peter facing slightly left, holding cross. CNI XV 1 (Agapetus II with Alberic); Muntoni 1 (Agapetus II with Alberic); Berman 74 (Agapetus II with Alberic – this coin illustrated on Plate 3); MEC 1, 1076-7. Good VF, lightly toned, areas of weak strike, small flan split. Very rare.

Ex Spezialsammlung Päpste (Leu 36, 7 May 1985), lot 573.