Sale: Triton IX, Lot: 1931. Estimate $2000.  Closing Date: Monday, 9 January 2006.  Sold For $1450. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ITALY, Genoa. The Biennial Doges. 1528-1797. AV Doppia (6.63 g, 1h). Second phase, in the name of emperor Conrad II. Georgius de Franchis, mintmaster. Dated 1621. +DVX ET GVB' REIP' GEN', city gate or tower with decorated columns; 1621 below / +CONRADVS II RO' REX G F, floreate cross with central rosette. Cf. CNI III p. 327, 1 (2 doppie); Lunardi 209; Varesi 205/-; Bellesia 70/-; KM 14.1; Friedberg 419. Good VF. No recorded doppie with this date. ($2000)