318, Lot: 969. Estimate $150. Sold for $300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ITALY, Napoli (Regno). Ferdinando I (Don Ferrante). 1458-1494. AR Coronato (30mm, 3.95 g, 1h). First Coinage. Napoli mint; Benedetto de Cotrullo, mintmaster. Struck 1460-1468. + FERDINANDVS D G R (annulet) SICI IER (annulet) VN, large cross potent; B below; double annulet stops / CORON(Λ over O)TVS S q LEGITIME CERT AV, Ferdinando enthroned facing, being crowned by cardinal to left, standing right; to right, bishop standing slightly left, reading from book. Cf. CNI XIX 150 (for type); cf. Pannuti-Riccio 12 (for type); MIR 66/2; MEC 14 –. Good VF, toned.

Ex Archer M. Huntington Collection (HSA 1001.1.26607).