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CNG 87, Lot: 1771. Estimate $500.
Sold for $1100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ITALY, Papale (Stato pontificio). Beatus Innocentius XI (Benedetto Odescalchi). 1676-1689. AR Piastra (44mm, 31.78 g, 12h). Rome mint. Dated RY III (1678). Bust right, wearing camauro, mozzetta, and pallium / Christ rebuking the wind and the waves (Matthew 8:23-27): Christ, calming the storm, standing with apostles within capsizing galley under sail slightly left upon tempestuous sea; coat-of-arms below. CNI XVI 25; Muntoni 43; Serafini 55-6; Berman 2093; Davenport 4089; KM 403. Good VF, toned.


From the Clarence & Helen Zaar Maritime Collection.