Watch List notes:

ITALY, Sicilia (Regno). Carlo I di Spagna (Carlo V, Sacro Romano Impero). 1516-1554. AR 2 Tarì (28mm, 5.87 g, 11h). Messina mint. Dated 1552. + CAROLVS IMPERATOR, crowned and cuirassed bust right, slight drapery on left shoulder; saltire stops / + REX SICILIAE 1552, crowned eagle facing, head right, with wings displayed; MA across field; annulet stops. MIR 293/1; Spahr 235 var. (annulet stops in obv. legend). Good VF, toned, small flan crack.


Ex Archer M. Huntington Collection (HSA 1001.1.9454).