Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 1683. Estimate $750.  Closing Date: Monday, 10 January 2005.  Sold For $950. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ITALY, Papal States. Alexander VIII. 1689-1691. AR Teston (9.14 gm, 12h). Rome mint; Giovanni Hamerani, engraver. Dated 1690, year 1. ALEXANDER VIII PONT MAX A I, bust right, wearing cap and stole; HAMERANVS below / RE FRVMENTARIA RESTITVTA, team of bullocks hitched to plow; date and Patrizi coat-of-arms in exergue. CNI XVI pg. 472, 27; Muntoni III pg. 43, 16; Berman 2176. Good VF, choice gun metal gray toning. ($750)