Watch List notes:

ITALY, Sicilia (Regno). Filippo II di Spagna. 1554-1598. AR 3 Tarì (29mm, 8.79 g, 7h). Messenia mint. Dated 156[1]. PHILIP PVS D, bareheaded and armored bust left; (saltire)D(saltire) below bust; saltire stops / + REX SICILIAE 156[1], ornate cross pattée; at each end, crown flanked by flames; TP to left and right of lowest bar; saltire stops. MIR 319/6; Spahr 67. Good VF, toned, some deposits on reverse.


Ex Archer M. Huntington Collection (HSA 1001.1.1673).