CNG 96, Lot: 1222. Estimate $200. Sold for $160. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ITALY, Napoli (Regno). Carlo I di Spagna (Carlo V, Sacro Romano Impero). 1516-1554. AR Tarì (26mm, 6.13 g, 8h). Napoli (Naples) mint); Giovan Battista Ravaschieri, mintmaster. Struck 1548-1554. Laureate bust right, slight drapery on shoulder; (IBR) to left; cross of five pellets below bust / Double-headed eagle facing, crowned coat-of-arms on breast; crown above. Cf. CNI XIX 464 (for type); Pannuti-Riccio 24a; MIR 142/1. VF, toned.

Ex Archer M. Huntington Collection (HSA 1001.1.21980).