356, Lot: 683. Estimate $150. Sold for $220. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ITALY, Napoli (Regno). Filippo II di Spagna. 1554-1598. AR Mezzo Ducato (33mm, 14.81 g, 3h). First Period. Napoli (Naples) mint; Giovan Battista Ravaschieri, mintmaster. Struck 1554-1556. Bareheaded, armored, and draped bust right; (IBR) to left; • below bust / Crowned coat-of-arms; shield within ornate frame. Cf. CNI XX 80 (for type); cf. Pannuti-Riccio 5 (same); MIR 160. VF, toned, deposits.

Ex Archer M. Huntington Collection (HSA 1001.57.4381).