CNG 96, Lot: 1229. Estimate $500. Sold for $575. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ITALY, Napoli (Regno). Filippo II di Spagna. 1554-1598. AR Ducato (40mm, 25.81 g, 5h). First Period. Napoli (Naples) mint; Giovan Battista Ravaschieri, mintmaster. Struck 1554-1556. Bareheaded, armored, and draped bust right; (IBR) to left; below, lis flanked by pellets / HILARI/TAS/•/VNIVER/SA in four lines; rosettes above and below; floral buds flanking TAS and SA; all within laurel wreath. Cf. CNI XX 44 (for type); cf. Pannuti-Riccio 2 (same); MIR 158. Good VF, deposits.

Ex Archer M. Huntington Collection (HSA 1001.57.4370).