328, Lot: 725. Estimate $200. Sold for $150. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ITALY, Napoli (Regno). Filippo II di Spagna. 1554-1598. AR Mezzo Ducato (34mm, 14.89 g, 5h). First Period. Napoli (Naples) mint; Giovan Battista Ravaschieri, mintmaster. Struck 1554-1556. Bareheaded, armored, and draped bust right; (IBR) to left, rosette below bust / Crowned coat-of-arms within ornate frame. Cf. CNI XX 126 (for type, but with small lion below bust); cf. Pannuti-Riccio 5 (same); MIR 160. Good VF, bright surfaces.