Watch List notes:

ITALY, Napoli (Regno). Filippo II di Spagna. 1554-1598. AR Mezzo Ducato (34mm, 14.91 g, 2h). First Period. Napoli (Naples) mint. Struck 1554-1556. • PHILIP • RE • ANG • FR • NEAP • PR • HIS, bareheaded, armored, and draped bust right; (IBR) to left; four pellets below bust / • (rosette) • POPVLOR • SECVRITATI • (rosette) •, crowned royal coat-of-arms; shield within ornate frame. CNI XX 48/73 (obv./rev.); cf. Pannuti-Riccio 5 (for type). Near EF, toned.


Ex Archer M. Huntington Collection (HSA 1001.1.1660).