Three Early Neapolitan Rarities

CNG 105, Lot: 1130. Estimate $750. Sold for $850. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ITALY, Gaeta (ducato). Anonymous issue. Circa mid-11th century. Æ Follaro (23mm, 4.06 g, 4h). Group 1. Bust of St. Erasmus facing / A over inverted ω. Cf. CNI XVIII 1-3 (Marino II; legends); Travaini, Monetazione type 430; MEC 14, 48-52; Biaggi 820 (Marino II). VF, green and brown patina. Rare.