Exceptional Doppio Fiorino of Paul III

Triton XX, Lot: 1302. Estimate $50000. Sold for $42500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ITALY, Papale (Stato pontificio). Paul III. 1534-1549. AV Doppio fiorino di camera (22.5mm, 12h). Rome mint. · PAVLVS · III · PONT · MAX ·, bust left, wearing zucchetto and mantum / SANCTVS PETRVS ALMA ROMA, St. Peter in boat left, wearing nimbus crown and raising fishing net. Muntoni 2 var. (legends); Berman 900; Friedberg 62. In NGC encapsulation graded MS 61.

Ex Eric P. Newman Collection (Heritage 3029, 14 January 2014), lot 30180; Green Estate Partnership (Eric P. Newman/Burdette G. Johnson); Colonel Edward Howland Robinson Green Collection.