CNG 96, Lot: 1334. Estimate $300. Sold for $180. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ITALY, Sicilia (Regno). Carlo I di Spagna (Carlo V, Sacro Romano Impero). 1516-1554. AR 4 Tarì (33mm, 11.57 g, 10h). Messina mint; Giuseppe Marulli, mintmaster. Dated 1556. Crowned, draped, and cuirassed bust right; numeral 4 below bust / Crowned eagle standing right with wings displayed; G M below. MIR 287/2; cf. Spahr 170 (for type). VF, toned, reverse double struck.

Ex Archer M. Huntington Collection (HSA 1001.1.6835).