CNG 96, Lot: 1240. Estimate $500. Sold for $340. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ITALY, Napoli (Regno). Filippo II di Spagna. 1554-1598. AR Ducato (39mm, 29.74 g, 10h). Second Period. Napoli (Naples) mint; Giovan Battista Ravaschieri, mintmaster. Struck 1556-1567. Bareheaded, armored, and draped bust right; (IBR) to left; : below bust / HILΛRI/•TΛS•/VNIVER/SΛ in four lines within wreath. Cf. CNI XX 356 (for type); cf. Pannuti-Riccio 10 (same); MIR 169. VF, darkly toned.

Ex Archer M. Huntington Collection (HSA 1001.1.1632).