CNG 96, Lot: 1344. Estimate $200. Sold for $130. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ITALY, Sicilia (Regno). Filippo II di Spagna. 1554-1598. AR 4 Tarì (32mm, 11.64 g, 3h). Messina mint; Tommaso Paulillo, mintmaster. Dated 1558. Bareheaded and armored bust right; traces of saltires below bust / Crowned eagle facing, head left, with wings displayed; T P below wings. MIR 317/3; Spahr 20/22 (obv./rev.). VF, toned, double struck.

Ex Archer M. Huntington Collection (HSA 1001.1.1646).