Sale: CNG 75, Lot: 1320. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 23 May 2007.  Sold For $565. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ITALY, Sicilia (Regno). Ferdinando II il Cattolico (the Catholic). 1504-1516. AR Tari (3.58 g, 6h). Class A3. Messina mint; Matteo Compagna, mintmaster. First coinage, struck 1490-1499. Crowned royal coat-of-arms / + FERDINANVS D G REX SICILIE A (double annulet stops), crowned eagle facing, head left, with wings displayed; (annulet) M (annulet) (annulet) C (annulet) below. Spahr 108 var. (rev. legend); Crusafont 600B; MEC 14, 908 var. (same). EF, toned.

Ex Classical Numismatic Auctions VIII (27 September 1989), lot 723.