Triton XVII, Lot: 1198. Estimate $300. Sold for $250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ITALY, Napoli (Regno). Filippo II di Spagna. 1554-1598. AR Carlino (23mm, 2.87 g, 6h). First Period. Napoli (Naples) mint. Struck 1554-1556. PHILIP • R • ANG • • FRA • NEA [•] PR • • H •, crowned head right; (IBR) to left / FIDEI/DEFEN/SOR in three lines within laurel wreath. CNI XX 301 var. (single pellet after PR); cf. Pannuti-Riccio 15 (for type). Good VF, toned.

Ex Archer M. Huntington Collection (HSA 1001.57.4420).