Triton XVII, Lot: 1200. Estimate $1000. Sold for $2500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ITALY, Napoli (Regno). Filippo II di Spagna. 1554-1598. AV Scudo (24mm, 3.35 g, 4h). Second Period. Napoli (Naples) mint. Dated 1582. PHILIPP • REX • ARA • VTRI •, radiate bust right, slight drapery on left shoulder; (GR)/(VP) to left; five pellets below head; in exergue, 1582 • (date) / • SICILIAE • • HIERVSA •, crowned royal coat-of-arms within Collar of the Order of the Golden Fleece. Cf. CNI XX 1171 (for type); Pannuti-Riccio 5; Friedberg –. EF.

Ex Archer M. Huntington Collection (HSA 1001.1.1611).