CNG 96, Lot: 1335. Estimate $200. Sold for $120. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ITALY, Sicilia (Regno). Filippo II di Spagna. 1554-1598. AR 4 Tarì (33mm, 11.70 g, 12h). Messina mint; Tommaso Paulillo, mintmaster. Dated 1556. Bareheaded and armored bust right / Crowned eagle facing, head left, with wings displayed; T P below wings. MIR 317/1; cf. Spahr 12 (for type). VF, toned, areas of weak strike.

Ex Archer M. Huntington Collection (HSA 1001.1.1670).