335, Lot: 859. Estimate $150. Sold for $90. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ITALY, Sicilia (Regno). Carlo I di Spagna (Carlo V, Sacro Romano Impero). 1516-1554. AR 2 Tarì (27mm, 5.75 g, 8h). Messina mint; G. Andrea Papardo, mintmaster. Dated I540. Crowned and armored bust left; central annulet surrounded by four annulets below / Crowned eagle facing, head right, with wings displayed; I P to left and right of tail. Cf. Spahr 199-200 (for type); MIR 292/1. VF, toned.

Ex Archer M. Huntington Collection (HSA 1001.1.9466).