CNG 97, Lot: 936. Estimate $1500. Sold for $1300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ITALY, Napoli (Regno). Carlo I di Spagna (Carlo V, Sacro Romano Impero). 1516-1554. AV Scudo (26mm, 3.28 g, 7h). Napoli (Naples) mint. Struck circa 1536-1537. CA ROLVS • V • IMPERAT OR, double-headed eagle facing, with wings displayed, crowned royal coat-of-arms on breast; crown above; double annulet stops / + HISPANIARVM • ET • VIRTVSQ3 • SICILIE • REX, ornate cross fleurée with crowns at ends of arms; K in first and fourth quarters. Cf. CNI XIX 210 (for type); Pannuti-Riccio –; MIR, p. 87, note; Friedberg 836. Good VF, a few minor areas of weak strike.

Ex Archer M. Huntington Collection (HSA 1001.1.16892).