Further Selections from the Archer M. Huntington Collection

Triton XVII, Lot: 1081. Estimate $1500. Sold for $1500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ITALY, Milano (Duchi). Carlo I di Spagna (Carlo V, Sacro Romano Impero). 1535-1554. AR Mezzo Scudo d’Argento (33mm, 16.87 g, 8h). Dated 1552. (rosette) IMP • CAES • CAROLVS • V • AVG , laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right; K to right / SVVM (flower) (flower) CVIQ[3] (to each his own), ceagle standing left on thunderbolt and olive branch, head and tail right, with wings displayed; crown above, divided globe below; • 15 5(retrograde Z) (date) in exergue. CNI V 6; Crippa 6/B. Good VF, toned, some hard green on obverse, small area of delamination on reverse. Very rare.

Ex Archer M. Huntington Collection (HSA 1001.1.9471).