Watch List notes:

ITALY, Napoli (Regno). Filippo II di Spagna. 1554-1598. AR Mezzo Ducato (35mm, 14.87 g, 9h). Second Period. Napoli (Naples) mint. Struck 1556-1598. PHILIPP REX • ARAGO[N V]TR, bareheaded, armored, and draped bust right; (GR)/(VP) to left / SICIL • ET • HIERVSAL, crowned royal coat-of-arms; shield within ornate frame. Cf. CNI XX 653 (for type); Pannuti-Riccio 15b var. (VTRIVS). VF, lightly toned, areas of weak strike.


Ex Archer M. Huntington Collection (HSA 1001.57.4388).