Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 1687. Estimate $1500.  Closing Date: Monday, 10 January 2005.  Sold For $1100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ITALY, Retegno. Antonio Teodoro of Trivulzio. 1676-1678. AR Double Filippo (55.35 gm, 9h). Dated 1676. •THEODORVS•TRIVLTIVS•S•R•I•ET•VAL•MISOL•PRI, bare-headed, draped, and cuirassed bust right, wearing Order of the Golden Fleece / COMES*MVSOCHI*X*BARO*RET*IMP[E*XII]II*ET*C ***, •MENS• upward •VNICA• downward, crowned tricephalic bust coat-of-arms; within ornate frame, supported by winged cherubim. CNI IV pg. 521, 8; Morosini III p. 344, 4; Davenport 4135. Good VF. Rare multiple crown from a state which only struck coins in three years and whose territory covered parts of modern Switzerland. ($1500)