CNG 96, Lot: 1347. Estimate $200. Sold for $140. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ITALY, Sicilia (Regno). Filippo II di Spagna. 1554-1598. AR 4 Tarì (34mm, 11.67 g, 3h). Messina mint; Tommaso Paulillo, mintmaster. Dated 1558. Bareheaded and armored bust right; saltires below bust / Crowned eagle facing, head left, with wings displayed; T P below wings. MIR 317/3; cf. Spahr 22 (for type). VF, toned, traces of deposits.

Ex Archer M. Huntington Collection (HSA 1001.1.1658).