CNG 96, Lot: 1332. 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 (30mm, 8.58 g, 5h). Messina mint; Giuseppe Marulli, mintmaster. Dated 1555. Crowned, draped, and cuirassed bust right; numeral 3 below bust / Cross with each arm terminating in flames; G M flanking bottom arm. MIR 290/1; Spahr 181. VF, toned, a few deposits.

Ex Archer M. Huntington Collection (HSA 1001.1.6838).