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Triton XVII, Lot: 1307. Estimate $200.
Sold for $450. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ITALY, Sicilia (Regno). Carlo I di Spagna (Carlo V, Sacro Romano Impero). 1516-1554. AR 3 Tarì (30mm, 8.69 g, 8h). Messina mint. Dated 1552. [+]C[A]ROLVS V IMPERATO[R], crowned and cuirassed bust right, slight drapery on left shoulder; three annulets (mark of value) below bust; saltire stops / [+ E]T D G REX SICILIΛE 1552, ornate cross pattée; at each end, crown flanked by flames; MA to left and right of lowest bar. MIR 289; Spahr 173/174 (obv./rev.). VF, toned, areas of weak strike.


Ex Archer M. Huntington Collection (HSA 1001.1.6840).