CNG 96, Lot: 1227. Estimate $500. Sold for $300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ITALY, Napoli (Regno). Filippo II di Spagna. 1554-1598. AR Ducato (38mm, 29.62 g, 3h). First Period. Napoli (Naples) mint; Giovan Battista Ravaschieri, mintmaster. Struck 1554-1556. Bareheaded, armored, and draped bust right; (IBR) to left; below, rosette flanked by pellets / HILARI/•TΛS•/VNIVER/•SΛ• in four lines within laurel wreath. Cf. CNI XX 40 (for type); cf. Pannuti-Riccio 2 (for type); MIR 158. VF, toned, areas of flat strike.

Ex Archer M. Huntington Collection (HSA 1001.1.1633).