CNG 96, Lot: 1282. Estimate $100. Sold for $180. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ITALY, Napoli (Regno). Filippo III di Spagna. 1598-1621. AR Mezzo Carlino o Zanetta (16mm, 1.34 g, 3h). Napoli (Naples) mint; Giovanni Francesco Citarella, mintmaster; Francesco Antonio Giuno, trial master. Struck 1609-1611. Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right; (GF)/(GI) to left / Badge of the Order of the Golden Fleece with central pellet suspended within wreath; in wreath, crosses above and below. Cf. CNI XX 553 (for type); cf. Pannuti-Riccio 30c (same); MIR 216/3. VF, toned.

Ex Archer M. Huntington Collection (HSA 1001.1.26704).