CNG 96, Lot: 1215. Estimate $400. Sold for $300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ITALY, Napoli (Regno). Carlo I di Spagna (Carlo V, Sacro Romano Impero). 1516-1554. AR Mezzo Ducato (34mm, 14.85 g, 12h). Napoli (Naples) mint); Giovan Battista Ravaschieri, mintmaster. Struck 1548-1554. Laureate and cuirassed bust right, slight drapery on left shoulder; (IBR) to left / Double-headed eagle facing with coat-of-arms on breast; crown above. Cf. CNI XIX 293 (for type); cf. Pannuti-Riccio 14 (for type); MIR 135. VF, toned, areas of weak strike.

Ex Archer M. Huntington Collection (HSA 1001.57.4337).