ITALY, Papale (Stato pontificio). Julius II. 1503-1513

ITALY, Papale (Stato pontificio). Julius II. 1503-1513. AV Ducato papale (23mm, 3.44 g, 6h). Bologna mint. Struck 1508-1511. IVLIVS • II • PONT • MΛX, coat-of-arms surmounted by crossed key and Papal tiara; all within quadrilobe / BONO NI Λ • DOCET, St. Peter standing facing, holding key in right hand, gospel in left, between two coats-of-arms, the left surmounted by gallero. MIR 580/2; Muntoni 84 var. (no cymatium in left coat-of-arms); Berman 598 var. (same); CNI X 20; Friedberg 332. Lightly toned. Good VF. A very rare variety with the three-cornered cymatium in the left coat-of-arms.

From the Peter J. Merani Collection. Ex Triton XXII (8 January 2019), lot 1289; Numismatica Ars Classica 104 (16 December 2017), lot 481; M. Ratto (8 May 1953), lot 1089.