CNG 96, Lot: 1326. Estimate $200. Sold for $120. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ITALY, Sicilia (Regno). Carlo I di Spagna (Carlo V, Sacro Romano Impero). 1516-1554. AR 3 Tarì (27mm, 7.13 g, 9h). Messina mint; Mariano Averna, mintmaster. Dated 1552. Crowned, draped, and cuirassed bust right; three annulets below bust / Ornate cross pattée; at each end, crown flanked by flames; MA to left and right of lowest arm. MIR 289; cf. Spahr 174 (for type). VF, toned, flan crack.

Ex Archer M. Huntington Collection (HSA 1001.1.6834).