358, Lot: 495. Estimate $150. Sold for $127. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ITALY, Napoli (Regno). Filippo II di Spagna. 1554-1598. AR Mezzo Ducato (35mm, 14.80 g, 12h). Second Period. Napoli (Naples) mint; Giovan Battista Ravaschieri, mintmaster; Vincenzo Porzio, trial master. Struck 1561-1567. Bareheaded, armored, and draped bust right; (IBR)/(inverted [VP]) to left / Crowned coat-of-arms; shield within ornate frame. Cf. CNI XX 483 (for type); cf. Pannuti-Riccio 15a (same); MIR 171/1. VF, toned, light corrosion.

Ex Archer M. Huntington Collection (HSA 1001.57.4391).