REX SICILIAIAE I7

CNG 96, Lot: 1341. Estimate $300. Sold for $260. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ITALY, Sicilia (Regno). Filippo II di Spagna. 1554-1598. AR 4 Tarì (36mm, 11.65 g, 7h). Messina mint; Tommaso Paulillo, mintmaster. Dated 1[55]7. Bareheaded and armored bust right; traces of saltires below bust / REX SICILIAIAE I7 (sic), crowned eagle facing, head left, with wings displayed; T P below wings. MIR 317/2; Spahr –. Good VF, toned.

Ex Archer M. Huntington Collection (HSA 1001.1.1662).