Watch List notes:

ITALY, Milano (Duchi). Filippo II di Spagna. 1554-1598. AR Scudo d'Argento (40mm, 31.72 g, 1h). Dated 1579. • PHILIPPVS • REX • HISPARVM •, bareheaded and armored bust right, wearing the Order of the Golden Fleece; 15 79 (date) across field / • DVX • MEDI OLANI • ETC, ducal coat-of-arms within ornate frame set on ground line; above, ducal crown containing two palm fronds; • 15 • 79 • (date) in exergue; eagles and serpents on arms not crowned. CNI V 33/35 (obv./rev.); Crippa 11/A. VF, toned, scratch and field flaw under the tone.


Ex Archer M. Huntington Collection (HSA 1001.1.26394).