CNG 96, Lot: 1228. Estimate $500. Sold for $425. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ITALY, Napoli (Regno). Filippo II di Spagna. 1554-1598. AR Ducato (38mm, 29.80 g, 11h). First Period. Napoli (Naples) mint; Giovan Battista Ravaschieri, mintmaster. Struck 1554-1556. Bareheaded, armored, and draped bust right; (IBR) to left; pellet and triple pellets below / HILARI/TAS/•/VNIVER/SA in four lines within laurel wreath. Cf. CNI XX 41 (for type); cf. Pannuti-Riccio 2 (for type); MIR 158. Good VF, toned, struck on an irregular flan.

Ex Archer M. Huntington Collection (HSA 1001.1.2481).