Watch List notes:

ITALY, Sicilia (Regno). Carlo I di Spagna (Carlo V, Sacro Romano Impero). 1516-1554. AR 3 Tarì (30mm, 8.68 g, 2h). Messina mint. Dated 1555. + CAROLV9 V IMPERATO, crowned and cuirassed bust right, slight drapery on left shoulder; 3 (mark of value) below bust; rosette stops / + D G REX SICILIΛE 1555, ornate cross pattée; at each end, crown flanked by flames; GM to left and right of lowest bar; rosette stops. MIR 290/1; Spahr 181 var. (CAROLVS). VF, toned, areas of double strike.


Ex Archer M. Huntington Collection (HSA 1001.1.6830).