Very Rare Quarto di Scudo

Sale: Triton X, Lot: 1110. Estimate $2000.  Closing Date: Monday, 8 January 2007.  Sold For $1600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ITALY, Genova. The Biennial Doges. 1528-1797. AR Quarto di scudo (9.23 g, 3h). Second Phase, 1541-1637. Augustinus Spinula-Porrata, mintmaster. Dated 1567. + DVX (star) ET (star) GVB’ (star) REIP’ (star) GENV’ (star) 1567, stylized castle; stars flanking, rosette below; all within polylobe of fourteen arcs / + CONRADVS • II • ROMANOR’ • REX • A • S, cross pattée, two stars in quarters, within polylobe of fourteen arcs. Cf. CNI III 19; Lunardi 216 note; cf. Varesi 231/1. Near EF, toned, flan crack. Very rare.