CNG 96, Lot: 1280. Estimate $300. Sold for $240. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ITALY, Napoli (Regno). Filippo II di Spagna. 1554-1598. AR Mezzo Ducato (34mm, 14.85 g, 11h). Second Period. Napoli (Naples) mint); Giovanni Antonio Fasulo, mintmaster, Gaspare Giuno, trial master. Struck 1594-1598. Radiate and cuirassed bust right; (IAF)/(CI) to left / Crowned coat-of-arms; shield within ornate frame. Cf. CNI XX 1287 (for type); Pannuti-Riccio 19a; MIR 174/7. Good VF, toned.

Ex Archer M. Huntington Collection (HSA 1001.1.21997).