318, Lot: 988. Estimate $150. Sold for $160. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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ITALY, Napoli (Regno). Filippo II di Spagna. 1554-1598. AR Grano (12mm, 0.24 g, 4h). Second Period. Napoli (Naples) mint; Germano Ravaschieri, mintmaster; Vincenzo Porzio, trial master. Struck 1568-1584. PHILIP REX ARA VTRI, radiate head left; GR to right; (VP) below / + SICILIAE HIERVS,
pietra focaia and
acciarini (insignia of the Order of the Golden Fleece) surrounded by flames. CNI XX 835/836 (obv./rev.); Pannuti-Riccio 50a; MIR 188/3. VF, toned. Very rare.
Ex Archer M. Huntington Collection (HSA 1001.1.18368).