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CNG 96, Lot: 1221. Estimate $400.
Sold for $340. 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 (35mm, 14.95 g, 2h). 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 333 (for type); cf. Pannuti-Riccio 14 (for type); MIR 135. VF, toned, double strike at edge of reverse.


Ex Archer M. Huntington Collection (HSA 1001.57.4338).