Triton XXI, Lot: 1084. Estimate $1500. Sold for $2250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ITALY, Napoli (Regno). Carlo I di Spagna (Carlo V, Sacro Romano Impero). 1516-1554. AR Mezzo ducato (33mm, 14.67 g, 8h). Napoli (Naples) mint; Giovan Battista Ravaschieri, maestro di zecca. Struck 1548-1554. Laureate and cuirassed bust right, slight drapery on left shoulder; IBR monogram behind / Double-headed eagle facing with coat-of-arms on breast; crown above. MIR 135/1; cf. Pannuti-Riccio 14 (for type). EF, toned.