335, Lot: 855. Estimate $100. Sold for $165. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ITALY, Sicilia (Regno). Carlo I di Spagna (Carlo V, Sacro Romano Impero). 1516-1554. AR Tarì (20mm, 2.64 g, 8h). Messina mint; G. Andrea Papardo, mintmaster. Dated I535. Crowned beardless bust left; star at point of bust / Crowned eagle facing, head right, with wings displayed; I P to left and right of tail. Cf. Spahr 53 (for type); MIR 277/7. VF, toned.

Ex Archer M. Huntington Collection (HSA 1001.1.9467).