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Nomos 11

9 October 2015
Zunfthaus zur Saffran, Zürich
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Estimate: 10000 CHF
Hammer Price:  Unsold
Lot 301

Italy, Parma, Duchy. Ottavio Farnese. 1547-1586. Quarto di scudo (Silver, 27mm, 8.64 g 8), mintmaster Pelegrino Carretta, undated but 1573-1577. (branch)OCTAVE.F.PA.ET.PL.DVX.II Bare head of Octavio to right. Rev. On the right, Christ seated left, holding a crown in his right hand. which he is about to place on the head of the Virgin who is kneeling right before him; above left, dove; in exergue, winged head of a cherub between P C. CNI IX, p. 448, 95. MIR 930/3. RM 3 (but this number contains the issues of four different moneyers). Very rare. Beautifully toned and with an unusually fine portrait. Extremely fine.


From a Swiss collection, ex Nomisma 47, 13 April 2013, 1247.

Online bidding closes: 9 Oct 2015, 08:00:00 CEST Current Date & Time: 19 Apr 2024, 09:24:48 CEST Remaining Time: Closed Hammer Price:Unsold

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