CNG 96, Lot: 1359. Estimate $150. Sold for $100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ITALY, Sicilia (Regno). Filippo II di Spagna. 1554-1598. AR 4 Tarì (32mm, 11.70 g, 4h). Messina mint; Tommaso Paulillo, mintmaster. Dated 1560. Bareheaded and armored bust right; saltires below bust / Crowned eagle facing, head left, with wings displayed; T P below wings. MIR 317/5; cf. Spahr 33 (for type). VF, toned, a couple of hairline flan cracks, double struck.

Ex Archer M. Huntington Collection (HSA 1001.57.4432).