Sale: CNG 69, Lot: 2074. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 8 June 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 Ducat (14.47 gm, 12h). Crowned, draped, and cuirassed bust right; IBR monogram behind; •*• below / Crowned and garnished conjoined royal coat-of-arms of Spain and England. CNI XX 181; Pannuti 3. VF, toned, reverse double struck. ($500)