CNG 96, Lot: 1333. Estimate $300. Sold for $260. 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 (29mm, 8.70 g, 10h). Messina mint; Giuseppe Marulli, mintmaster. Dated 1556. Crowned, draped, and cuirassed bust right; numeral 3 below bust / Cross with each arm terminating in flames; G M flanking bottom arm. MIR 290/2; Spahr 184. VF, toned.

Ex Archer M. Huntington Collection (HSA 1001.1.6832).