Triton XVIII, Lot: 1580. Estimate $2000. Sold for $2000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ITALY, Milano (Duchi). Carlo I di Spagna (Carlo V, Sacro Romano Impero). 1535-1554. AR Quarto di Scudo d’Argento (27mm, 9.13 g, 12h). Struck 1552. IMP · CAES · CAROLVS · V · AVG, laureate and cuirassed bust right; aegis on breastplate / Two Composite Order columns set on waves with banner inscribed P L S[V] VL [R]T A (triple pellets) (sic). Cf. CNI V 57 (for type); Crippa 11/A (same dies as illustration). Good VF, darkly toned, small flan flaw on edge. Excellent strike for issue.