401, Lot: 629. Estimate $100. Sold for $180. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ITALY, Papale (Stato pontificio). Benedict XIV. 1740-1758. AV Mezzo Scudo Romano (14mm, 0.91 g, 12h). Rome mint. BEN/XIV two lines surmounted by crossed keys and tiara / Nimbate and draped bust of St. Peter right. Muntoni 36; Berman 2735; KM 939 corr. (undated); Friedberg 233 (Vatican). Good VF, hint of deposits in devices, die breaks on reverse.

Ex Stack’s (7 December 1993), lot 2308.