CNG 96, Lot: 1213. Estimate $2000. Sold for $2300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ITALY, Napoli (Regno). Carlo I di Spagna (Carlo V, Sacro Romano Impero). 1516-1554. AV Scudo (23mm, 3.33 g, 11h). Napoli (Naples) mint); Giovan Battista Ravaschieri, mintmaster. Struck 1548-1554. CAROLVS V ROMANO IMPERA, laureate bust right, slight drapery on left shoulder; (IBR) to left; below bust, rosette with four pellets flanking / R ARA GO V SIC, double-headed eagle facing, with wings displayed, crowned royal coat-of-arms on breast; crown above. Cf. CNI XIX 96 (for type); cf. Pannuti-Riccio 9a (same); MIR 131/1; Friedberg 834. Good VF, toned.

Ex Archer M. Huntington Collection (HSA 1001.1.1598).