Two Very Rare Multiples

Sale: Triton X, Lot: 1125. Estimate $10000.  Closing Date: Monday, 8 January 2007.  Sold For $12000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ITALY, Genova. The Biennial Doges. 1528-1797. AV Da 5 doppie (33.33 g, 3h). Third Phase, 1637-1797. Io. Nascius, mintmaster. Dated 1647. (star) ET (star) REGE (star) EOS (star) 1647 (star) IB (star) N (star) (star), Madonna, head crowned by seven stars, seated right on cloud, cradling Christ child in left arm, holding scepter in right hand / + DVX (star) ET (star) GVB (star) REIP (star) GENV (star), cross pattée, pellets on tips; four stars in quarters. CNI III 1; Lunardi 263; Varesi 257/11; Friedberg 427. VF. Very rare.