Triton XVII, Lot: 1205. Estimate $500. Sold for $2100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ITALY, Napoli (Regno). Filippo II di Spagna. 1554-1598. AR Mezzo Ducato (34mm, 14.85 g, 11h). Second Period. Napoli (Naples) mint. Struck 1556-1598. PHILIPP REX ΛRΛGON • VTRI •, bareheaded, armored, and draped bust right; (GR)/(VP) to left / (rosette) SICIL • ET HIERVSAL (rosette), crowned royal coat-of-arms; shield within ornate frame. CNI XX 633 var. (no pellet after VTRI); Pannuti-Riccio 15b var. (VTRIVS). Near EF, toned.

Ex Archer M. Huntington Collection (HSA 1001.1.18350).