356, Lot: 686. Estimate $150. Sold for $110. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ITALY, Sicilia (Regno). Carlo I di Spagna (Carlo V, Sacro Romano Impero). 1516-1554. AR 4 Tarì (33mm, 10.34 g, 10h). Messina mint; Mariano Averna, mintmaster. Dated 1552. Crowned, draped, and cuirassed bust right; four annulets below bust / Crowned eagle standing right with wings displayed; M A below wings; four annulets below tail. MIR 286; Spahr 163/160 (obv./rev.). VF, toned, double struck, small flan crack.

Ex Archer M. Huntington Collection (HSA 1001.1.6835).