CNG 96, Lot: 1358. Estimate $200. Sold for $120. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ITALY, Sicilia (Regno). Filippo II di Spagna. 1554-1598. AR 4 Tarì (32mm, 11.35 g, 4h). Messina mint; Tommaso Paulillo, mintmaster. Dated 1560. Bareheaded and armored bust right; trace of saltire below bust / Crowned eagle facing, head left, with wings displayed; T P below wings. MIR 317/5; cf. Spahr 32 (for type). VF, toned, small flan split.

Ex Archer M. Huntington Collection (HSA 1001.1.1649).