CNG 96, Lot: 1352. Estimate $200. Sold for $150. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ITALY, Sicilia (Regno). Filippo II di Spagna. 1554-1598. AR 4 Tarì (32mm, 11.63 g, 9h). Messina mint; Tommaso Paulillo, mintmaster. Dated 1559. Bareheaded and armored bust right; rosettes below bust / Crowned eagle facing, head left, with wings displayed; T P below wings. MIR 317/4; Spahr 27 var. (no rosettes). VF, toned.

Ex Archer M. Huntington Collection (HSA 1001.1.1644).