64, Lot: 315. Estimate $150. Sold for $190. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Italy, Casale. William II Paleologus. 1494-1518. AR Testone (29mm, 9.13 gm). Bust left, wearing beretta, medallion around neck / Quartered arms of the Paleologus family. CNI II pg. 105, 28 (bust description incorrect); Morosini 8. VF, some encrustation. Rare.
From the Charles E. Weber collection
The princes of Casale were of a cadet (junior) branch of the Paleologan dynasty that was the last to rule in Byzantium.