CNG 96, Lot: 1327. Estimate $150. Sold for $200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ITALY, Sicilia (Regno). Carlo I di Spagna (Carlo V, Sacro Romano Impero). 1516-1554. AR 2 Tarì (25mm, 5.78 g, 11h). Messina mint; Mariano Averna, mintmaster. Dated 1553. Crowned, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Crowned eagle standing right with wings displayed; M A below. MIR 293/2; cf. Spahr 241/242 (obv./rev.). Good VF, slightly double struck, stain in obverse field.

Ex Archer M. Huntington Collection (HSA 1001.1.1650).