Triton XV, Lot: 1777. Estimate $5000. Sold for $8500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ITALY, Sardegna (Regno). Carlo I di Spagne (Carlo V, Sacro Romano Impero). 1516-1556. AR 2 Reali (31mm, 5.70 g, 12h). Cagliari mint. (rosette) CAROL · V : INP · REX · ARAG : SARDNI (triangular triple pellet stops), crowned and mantled bust right; two annulets to left / (rosette) INIMICOS · EIVS · INDVAM · CONFVSIO, cross pattée within polylobe, with inward-facing lis in each arch. CNI II 12 var. (obv. legend); Varesi 31 (same obv. die as illustration). EF, toned. Exceptional for issue.