Triton XVII, Lot: 1201. Estimate $1000. Sold for $2000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ITALY, Napoli (Regno). Filippo II di Spagna. 1554-1598. AV Scudo (24mm, 3.38 g, 3h). 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. CNI XX 1179; Pannuti-Riccio 5; Friedberg –. Near EF, toned, slight double strike on obverse.

Ex Archer M. Huntington Collection (HSA 1001.1.1081).