CNG 96, Lot: 1354. Estimate $200. Sold for $150. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ITALY, Sicilia (Regno). Filippo II di Spagna. 1554-1598. AR 3 Tarì (30mm, 8.67 g, 9h). Messina mint; Tommaso Paulillo, mintmaster. Dated 1559. Bareheaded and armored bust left; three saltires below bust / Cross with each arm terminating in flames; T P flanking bottom arm. MIR 319/4; cf. Spahr 63 (for type). Good VF, toned, weak reverse with deposits. Good portrait coin.

Ex Archer M. Huntington Collection (HSA 1001.1.1683).