318, Lot: 982. Estimate $75. Sold for $180. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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ITALY, Napoli (Regno). Carlo I di Spagna (Carlo V, Sacro Romano Impero). 1516-1554. AR Mezzo Carlino (26mm, 5.40 g, 6h). Napoli mint; Giovan Battista Ravaschieri, mintmaster. Struck 1548-1554. • CAROLVS • V • ROM • IM P •, laureate bust right, slight drapery on shoulder; IBR monogram to left / • NON • ALITER • VIRTVS •,
pietra focaia and
acciarino (insignia of the Order of the Golden Fleece) surrounded by flames. CNI XIX 741; Pannuti-Riccio 38b; MIR 150/2. Good VF, toned, double strike on reverse.
Ex Archer M. Huntington Collection (HSA 1001.1.21982).