Zecche Italiane .Stato Pontificio.Pio II 1458-1464 Au.Ducato.Roma.D\ Stemma papale R\ALMA ROMA S PETRVS San Pietro con libro e chiave :peso 3,48 gr.Diametro 23 mm.BB++.
ITALY, Papale (Stato pontificio). Pius II. 1458-1464. AV Ducato (23mm, 3.48 g, 1h). Rome mint. Papal coat-of-arms within quadrilobe / Saint Peter standing facing slightly right within quadrilobe, holding key and Gospels. Grierson, Coins of Medieval Europe 405; cf. CNI XV 7; MIR 361/5; Muntoni 7; Berman 362; Friedberg 12 (Vatican); De Wit 3745 (this coin). Toned. EF. Rare.
From the Richard A. Jourdan Collection of Medieval European Coins. Ex G.W. de Wit Collection (Part III, Künker 137, 11 March 2008), lot 3745; Auctiones AG 20 (8 November 1990), lot 888. ex Triton XXIII lotto 1149
