358, Lot: 496. Estimate $150. Sold for $160. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ITALY, Napoli (Regno). Filippo II di Spagna. 1554-1598. AR Mezzo Ducato (35mm, 14.88 g, 1h). Second Period. Napoli (Naples) mint; Germano Ravaschieri, mintmaster, Vincenzo Porzio, trial master. Dated 1575. Radiate and cuirassed bust right; GR to left; (VP) and traces of pellets below bust / Crowned coat-of-arms; shield within ornate frame. Cf. CNI XX 1016 (for type); Pannuti-Riccio 19a; MIR 174/7. VF, toned, flan split.

Ex Archer M. Huntington Collection (HSA 1001.57.4409).