Lot 1818

Description

Italy, Papale (Stato pontificio), Paulus IV (Giovanni Pietro Carafa), (1555-1559), silver bianco, 29mm, (4.30 g), Bologna mint, obv. bust right, wearing mantum, rev. lion rampant, holding banner, (CNI X 8; Muntoni 49; Serafini 269-70; Berman 1048); another silver giulio, 25mm, (2.89 g), Ancona mint, obv. Papal coat-of-arms, rev. S ? PAVLVS ? ANCONA, St. Paul standing facing, holding sword and Gospels, mintmasters mark to lower left, (CNI XIII 102, Muntoni 41; Berman 1046). Fine, weak in places, all very scarce. (2)

Ex Dr L.J. Sherwin Collection, first from Jean Elsen, Sale 120, March 15, 2014 (lot 1411), second from Coin Trends, December 18, 1992 (item 2875).