CNG 100, Lot: 785. Estimate $500. Sold for $575. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ITALY, Modena. Ercole II d’Este. 1534-1559. AV Scudo (25mm, 3.32 g, 6h). Cross fleurée / St. Geminianus seated left. CNI IX 13; Friedberg 761. VF, a few scratches, central planchet defect.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams, purchased from James F. Elmen, August 1977.