Watch List notes:

ITALY, Napoli (Regno). Filippo II di Spagna. 1554-1598. AR Grano (11mm, 0.28 g, 3h). Second Period. Napoli (Naples) mint. Struck 1556-1598. PHILP • REX • ARA • VTR (sic), radiate head left; (GR) to right; (VP) below head / • SICILIAE • HIERVSA, cruciform acciarini and fiammi (insignia of the Order of the Golden Fleece) around central pellet. Cf. CNI XX 828 (for type); cf. Pannuti-Riccio 50a (same). Good VF, toned, ragged flan. Rare.


Ex Archer M. Huntington Collection (HSA 1001.1.18367).