CNG 96, Lot: 1388. Estimate $2000. Sold for $2200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SPAIN, Reino de España. Carlos I el Emperador. 1516-1556. AV Ducado - Escudo (27mm, 2.95 g, 11h). Barcelona mint. Stuck 1536-1537 for the Expedition in Tunisia. CAROLVS QVIN (annulet) TVS (annulet) IMPERATO, double-headed eagle facing, with wings displayed, crowned royal coat-of-arms on breast; crown above / (star) HISPANIARVM ET VTRIVSQ3 SICILIE REX DEI, ornate cross fleurée with crowns at ends of arms; pellets in quarters; annulet stops. Cf. ME 3239 (for type); cf. NE 15 (same); cf. CNI XIX 195 (Napoli; for type). VF, a few deposits of hard green.

Ex Archer M. Huntington Collection (HSA 1001.1.7979).