328, Lot: 721. Estimate $200. Sold for $650. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ITALY, Napoli (Regno). Filippo II di Spagna. 1554-1598. AR Mezzo Ducato (34mm, 14.70 g, 9h). First Period. Napoli (Naples) mint; Giovan Battista Ravaschieri, mintmaster. Struck 1554-1556. Bareheaded, armored, and draped bust right; (IBR) to left, castle below bust / Crowned coat-of-arms within ornate frame. Cf. CNI XX 101 (for type, but without castle); cf. Pannuti-Riccio 5 (same); MIR 160. Good VF, lightly toned.