335, Lot: 819. 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 (35mm, 14.91 g, 3h). Second Period. Napoli (Naples) mint; Germano Ravaschieri, mintmaster, Vincenzo Porzio, trial master. Dated 1577. Radiate and cuirassed bust right; (GR) to left, (VP) and date below bust / Crowned coat-of-arms; shield within ornate frame. Cf. CNI XX 1088 (for type); Pannuti-Riccio 21 ; MIR 174/11. VF, toned, deposits on obverse.

Ex Archer M. Huntington Collection (HSA 1001.57.4413).