CNG 106, Lot: 1013. Estimate $5000. Sold for $7000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ITALY, Piacenza (ducato). Ranuccio I Farnese. 1592-1622. AV 2 Doppia (29mm, 13.16 g, 7h). In the name of Alessandro Farnese. Dated 1599 PP. Draped and cuirassed bust left / She-wolf standing left; behind, three branches surmounted by crown. MIR 1137/11; Friedberg 899. EF, small flan crack. Rare.

From the RAJ Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 46 (24 June 1998), lot 1749; Classical Numismatic Review XXII, 2 (Spring/Summer 1997), no. 80; Münzen und Medaillen AG FPL 597 (June 1996), no. 88.