 Vittorio Amedeo III, 1773-1796. ¼ Doppia, 1786. Undraped head l. in peruke, specific Latin title REX SARDINIAE. Rv. Eagle of Savoy over Collar of the Annunziata. Fr.1122, CNI 82. Here is an exceptionally high grade example of a notably elusive denomination struck for a King whose later years were shadowed by the wars of the French Revolution, Choice About Uncirculated, approaching Mint State. (Est. $2,000-$2,500)
Ex Louis E. Eliasberg Collection (American Numismatic Rarities, April 2005, lot 593); previously ex Stack's, private treaty, November 1946.
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