Watch List notes:

ITALY, Sicilia (Regno). Filippo II di Spagna. 1554-1598. AR Mezzo Scudo di 5 Tarì (29mm, 13.02 g, 10h). Messenia mint. Dated 1571. PHILIPPVS • D • G • REX • SI 1571 •, bareheaded and armored bust left; (rosette)P D(rosette) below bust / Crowned royal coat-of-arms within grain ear wreath; P P flanking bottom of angular shield. MIR 314/2; Spahr 205 var. (no pellet after date). Good VF, toned, minor shift strike on obverse.


Ex Archer M. Huntington Collection (HSA 1001.1.1688).