CNG 96, Lot: 1226. Estimate $500. Sold for $950. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ITALY, Napoli (Regno). Filippo II di Spagna. 1554-1598. AR Ducato (40mm, 28.83 g, 9h). First Period. Napoli (Naples) mint; Giovan Battista Ravaschieri, mintmaster. Struck 1554-1556. Bareheaded, armored, and draped bust right; (IBR) to left; below, lozenge flanked by four pellets and : / •/HILARI/•TAS•/VNIVER/•SA•/• in six lines within laurel wreath. Cf. CNI XX 22 (for type); cf. Pannuti-Riccio 2 (for type); MIR 158. Good VF, toned.

Ex Archer M. Huntington Collection (HSA 1001.1.2482).