CNG 96, Lot: 1263. Estimate $100. Sold for $95. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ITALY, Napoli (Regno). Filippo II di Spagna. 1554-1598. AR Mezzo Carlino (19mm, 1.36 g, 9h). Second Period. Napoli (Naples) mint; Germano Ravaschieri, mintmaster, Vincenzo Porzio, trial master. Struck 1568-1584. Radiate bust right, slight drapery on shoulder; GR (VP) below bust / Pietra focaia and acciarini (insignia of the Order of the Golden Fleece) surrounded by flames. Cf. CNI XX 783 (for type); cf. Pannuti-Riccio 46a (same); MIR 186/1. VF, toned.

Ex Archer M. Huntington Collection (HSA 1001.1.18365).