CNG 96, Lot: 1342. Estimate $150. Sold for $240. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ITALY, Sicilia (Regno). Filippo II di Spagna. 1554-1598. AR 2 Tarì (25mm, 5.81 g, 10h). Messina mint; Tommaso Paulillo, mintmaster. Dated 1557. Bareheaded and armored bust right; saltire below bust / Crowned eagle facing, head left, with wings displayed; T P below wings. MIR 324/2; cf. Spahr 81 (for type). Good VF, toned, hairline flan crack, slight double strike on reverse.

Ex Archer M. Huntington Collection (HSA 1001.1.1681).