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Auction 24  22 May 2022
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Lot 486

Estimate: 25 000 CHF
Price realized: 48 000 CHF
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ITALY. Papal States. Paul II (Pietro Barbo), 1464-1471. Ducato (Gold, 24 mm, 3.52 g, 2 h), Spoleto. ·PAVLV'· II· PO - NT· MAX· AN· I· Tiara and crossed keys above shield with the Barbo arms; all within quadrilobe. Rev. ·S· PETRVS· IN· - ·'PVIN· DVCAT'· St. Peter standing facing, head turned slightly right, holding key in right hand and Gospels in left; all within quadrilobe. Berman 433. Friedberg 425. Muntoni 75. Extremely rare and one of the finest known. Extremely fine.
Ex Numismatica Ars Classica 90, 14 May 2016, 526.

This exceptional ducat was struck in the Foligno workshop of Emiliano Orfini, to whom Pius II had given the concession of the mint of the Duchy of Spoleto.
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