CNG 96, Lot: 1239. Estimate $500. Sold for $450. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ITALY, Napoli (Regno). Filippo II di Spagna. 1554-1598. AR Ducato (40mm, 29.70 g, 10h). Second Period. Napoli (Naples) mint; Giovan Battista Ravaschieri, mintmaster. Struck 1556-1567. Bareheaded, armored, and draped bust right; (IBR) to left; • (rosette) • below bust / HILA/RITAS/•/VNIVER/SA in five lines within wreath. Cf. CNI XX 355 (for type); cf. Pannuti-Riccio 10 (same); MIR 169. VF, toned, flan crack.

Ex Archer M. Huntington Collection (HSA 1001.57.4373).