CNG 96, Lot: 1362. Estimate $200. Sold for $220. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ITALY, Sicilia (Regno). Filippo III di Spagna. 1598-1621. AR Mezzo Scudo d’Argento (37mm, 15.50 g, 5h). Messina mint; Giovanni del Pozzo, mintmaster. Dated 1611. Bareheaded, draped, and armored bust left, wearing ornate collar / cross fleurée; crown at each end; I P across lower fields. MIR 344/3; Spahr 14/15 (obv./rev.). VF, darkly toned, areas of weak strike on obverse, a few deposits.

Ex Archer M. Huntington Collection (HSA 1001.57.4437).