Sale: Triton IX, Lot: 1937. Estimate $1500.  Closing Date: Monday, 9 January 2006.  Sold For $1800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ITALY, Papal States. Innocent XII (Antonio Pignatelli). 1691-1700. AR Half Piastra (15.98 g, 12h). Dated RY 7 (1697). Ferdinand de Saint-Urbain, sculptor. INNO XII P M AN VII, bust right wearing stole; S•V• below / FACTVS • EST • IN • PACE • LOCVS • EIVS, Noah's Ark coming to rest upon the summit of Mt. Ararat; S•V• and Farsetti arms in exergue. Muntoni III p. 53, 28; CNI XVI p. 495, 103; Berman 2235; KM 607. EF, with a superb mellow gun-metal patina. A masterwork of die-cutting by one of the most acclaimed 17th century coin and medal engravers. ($1500)