CNG 96, Lot: 1355. Estimate $300. Sold for $260. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ITALY, Sicilia (Regno). Filippo II di Spagna. 1554-1598. AR 3 Tarì (30mm, 8.78 g, 6h). Messina mint; Tommaso Paulillo, mintmaster. Dated 1559. Bareheaded and armored bust left; three saltires below bust / Cross with each arm terminating in flames; T P flanking bottom arm. MIR 319/4; Spahr 68/63 (obv./rev.). Good VF, toned, a few flan splits.

Ex Archer M. Huntington Collection (HSA 1001.1.1686).