Triton XVII, Lot: 1086. Estimate $750. Sold for $1200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ITALY, Milano (Duchi). Carlo I di Spagna (Carlo V, Sacro Romano Impero). 1535-1554. AR Denaro da 25 Soldi (29mm, 8.45 g, 1h). IMP • CΛES • CΛROLVS • V • ΛVG, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / SΛLVS ΛVG VSTΛ, personification of Po River reclining right on upturned urn from which water flows below, left hand holding scepter resting on raised left knee; to right Salus standing left, feeding serpent rising from altar at left and holding scepter; PΛDVS MLΓ (sic) in exergue. Cf. CNI V 51 (MLI); Crippa 12. Good VF, toned.

Ex Archer M. Huntington Collection (HSA 1001.1.18186).