Sale: CNG 64, Lot: 1532. Estimate $1500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 24 September 2003.  Sold For $3000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ITALY, Papal States. Clement VII. 1523-1534. AR Double Carlino (5.36 gm). Rome mint, mm: crossed hands. Bare-headed and mantled bust left; collar panels contain portraits of Sts. Peter and Paul / Christ standing left, lifting St. Peter above the waves. CNI XV pg. 386, 60; Muntoni I pg. 149, 43; Berman 841. Near EF. Marvelous Renaissance portrait with dies engraved by Benvenuto Cellini. ($1500)