335, Lot: 807. Estimate $200. Sold for $130. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ITALY, Napoli (Regno). Filippo II di Spagna. 1554-1598. AR Mezzo Ducato (33mm, 14.91 g, 3h). Second Period. Napoli (Naples) mint; Germano Ravaschieri, mintmaster, Vincenzo Porzio, trial master. Struck 1568-1584. Bareheaded, armored, and draped bust right; GR/(VP) to left / Crowned coat-of-arms; shield within ornate frame. Cf. CNI XX 645 (for type); cf. Pannuti-Riccio 15b (same); MIR 171/2. VF, toned.

Ex Archer M. Huntington Collection (HSA 1001.1.18322).