Watch List notes:

ITALY, Sicilia (Regno). Filippo II di Spagna. 1554-1598. AR 4 Tarì (32mm, 11.71 g, 9h). Messenia mint. Dated 1556. PHILIPPVS D GRATIA, bareheaded and armored bust left; below bust, 4 (mark of value) flanked by rosettes; rosette stops / + REX SICILIAE 1556, crowned eagle facing, head right, with wings displayed; УM flanking tail; saltire stops. MIR 316/1; Spahr 6. Good VF, toned, flan crack, obverse double struck.


Ex Archer M. Huntington Collection (HSA 1001.1.18355).