CNG 96, Lot: 1337. 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 (32mm, 11.60 g, 11h). Messina mint; Tommaso Paulillo, mintmaster. Dated 15556 (sic). Bareheaded and armored bust right; traces of saltires below bust / Crowned eagle facing, head left, with wings displayed; T P below wings. MIR 317/1; cf. Spahr 12-13 (for type). VF, toned, areas of weak strike.

Ex Archer M. Huntington Collection (HSA 1001.57.4431).