Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 1676. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Monday, 10 January 2005.  Sold For $650. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ITALY, Kingdom of Naples. Philip II, as King of England, France, and Naples, and Prince of Spain. 1554-1556. AR Half Ducato (14.71 gm, 11h). Giovanni Battista Ravaschiero, magistrate. •PHILIP•R•ANG•FR•NEAP•PR•HISPA•, crowned and cuirassed bust right; monogram in left field, • (engraved over lion), rosette in cross of pellets, .•.. below / PO SVIMVS•DEVM•ADIVROREM•NOS, crowned and garnished coat-of-arms. Cf. CNI XX pg. 19, 151; Pannuti 3. Good VF, fine old collection toning. ($500)