Sale: CNG 63, Lot: 1871. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 21 May 2003.  Sold For $725. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ITALY, Papal States. St. Nicholas I. 858-867. PB Bulla (39mm, 33.50 gm). +NICOLAI around eight-rayed star / + PA PAE. Serifini I pg. 11, 10 (same dies). VF, lacquered, dig on obverse, but much superior to the five examples illustrated in Serifini. ($500)