CNG 105, Lot: 1150. Estimate $1500. Sold for $1600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ITALY, Papale (Stato pontificio). Pius VII. 1800-1823. AV Doppia (23mm, 5.50 g, 2h). Bologna mint. Dated RY 17 B (AD 1816). Coat-of-arms surmounted by crossed keys and tiara / St. Peter seated facing in clouds, holding keys and raising hand in benediction. Muntoni 35; Berman 3218; KM 1077; Friedberg 249 (Vatican). EF, minor adjustment marks, faint pale blue and orange toning with underlying luster.

Ex Eric P. Newman Collection (Heritage 3029, 14 January 2014), lot 30801.