Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 1657. Estimate $200.  Closing Date: Monday, 10 January 2005.  Sold For $700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ITALY, Ferrara. Alfonse d'Este. 1505-1534. AR Testone (9.63 gm, 4h). •ALFONSVS•DVX•FER•III•S•R•E•CONF•, cuirassed, bearded bust left / •DE•FORTI•DVLCEDO•, Samson seated left, in Roman style, holding lion mask from which a swarm of bees issues forth, serpent entwined around stump before him. CNI X pg. 446, 34; Morosini I pg.141, 4. VF, plugged hole under fine old cabinet toning. ($200)

From the Robert Schonwalter Collection..