CNG 96, Lot: 1243. Estimate $300. Sold for $525. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ITALY, Napoli (Regno). Filippo II di Spagna. 1554-1598. AR Mezzo Ducato (35mm, 14.91 g, 7h). Second Period. Napoli (Naples) mint; Giovan Battista Ravaschieri, mintmaster; Vincenzo Porzio, trial master. Struck 1561-1567. Bareheaded, armored, and draped bust right; (IBR)/(inverted [VP]) to left / Crowned coat-of-arms; shield within ornate frame. CNI XX 475/482 (obv./rev.); cf. Pannuti-Riccio 15a (same); MIR 171/1. VF, toned.

Ex Archer M. Huntington Collection (HSA 1001.1.1393).