335, Lot: 857. Estimate $200. Sold for $170. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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ITALY, Sicilia (Regno). Carlo I di Spagna (Carlo V, Sacro Romano Impero). 1516-1554. AR 3 Tarì (28mm, 8.66 g, 10h). Messina mint; Giuseppe Marulli, mintmaster. Dated I555. Crowned, draped, and cuirassed bust right; 3 below / Cross with each arm terminating in flames; G M flanking bottom arm. Spahr 180; MIR 290/1. VF, toned, hard green and brown deposits on reverse.
Ex Archer M. Huntington Collection (HSA 1001.1.6831).