CNG 96, Lot: 1340. Estimate $150. Sold for $220. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ITALY, Sicilia (Regno). Filippo II di Spagna. 1554-1598. AR Tarì (21mm, 2.89 g, 3h). Messina mint; Tommaso Paulillo, mintmaster. Dated 15562 (sic). Bareheaded and armored bust right / Crowned eagle facing, head right, with wings displayed; T P below wings. Cf. MIR 325/2 (dated 1556, additional digit unlisted); cf. Spahr 99 (same). VF, toned.

Ex Archer M. Huntington Collection (HSA 1001.1.1690).