Triton XVII, Lot: 1167. Estimate $1500. Sold for $2250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ITALY, Napoli (Regno). Carlo I di Spagna (Carlo V, Sacro Romano Impero). 1516-1554. AV Scudo (23mm, 3.36 g, 8h). Napoli (Naples) mint). CAROLVS V ROMANO IMPER, laureate bust right, slight drapery on left shoulder; (IBR) to left; below bust, rosette with three pellets flanking / R ΛRΛ GO V SI, double-headed eagle facing, with wings displayed, crowned royal coat-of-arms on breast; crown above. CNI XIX 96 var. (SIC); cf. Pannuti-Riccio 9 (for type); Friedberg 834. EF, lightly toned, traces of deposits.

Ex Archer M. Huntington Collection (HSA 1001.1.1602).