ITALY, Sicilia (Regno). Filippo II di Spagna. 1554-1598. AR Scudo (38mm, 26.44 g, 11h). Messina mint; Pietro del Pozzo, mintmaster. Dated 1572. PHILIPPVS · D · G · REX · SI · 1572, armored and draped bust right, wearing collar; * P * P * below / PVBLI/CÆ : COM/MODITA/TI, all within wreath of grain ears. Spahr 165; MIR 312/3. Good VF, toned, usual double strike, flan splits.
Ex Numismatica Ars Classica 69 (4 December 2012), lot 590; Archer M. Huntington Collection (HSA 1001.18360).
