356, Lot: 685. Estimate $75. Sold for $50. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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ITALY, Napoli (Regno). Filippo II di Spagna. 1554-1598. AR Mezzo Carlino (18mm, 1.29 g, 11h). Second Period. Napoli (Naples) mint; Marco Antonio de Leo, mintmaster; Gaspare Giuno, trial master. Struck 1591-1594. Radiate bust right, slight drapery on shoulder; •(MAL)•/(CI) below bust /
Pietra focaia and
acciarini (insignia of the Order of the Golden Fleece) surrounded by flames. Cf. CNI XX 1357 (for type); cf. Pannuti-Riccio 46e (same); MIR 186/5. VF, toned, obverse struck with worn die.
Ex Archer M. Huntington Collection (HSA 1001.1.18362).