Watch List notes:

ITALY, Sicilia (Regno). Filippo III di Spagna. 1598-1621. AR Mezzo Scudo (36mm, 15.80 g, 10h). Messenia mint. Dated 1610. (Maltese cross) PHILIPPVS • (saltire) III (saltire) • DEI • GRATIA, bareheaded and armored bust left / (Maltese cross) SICILIAE • ET • HIERVSA • REX • 1610, ornate cross pattée; at each end, crown flanked by flames; DC to left and right of lowest bar. MIR 344/1; Spahr 10. Near EF, toned, obverse double struck.


Ex Archer M. Huntington Collection (HSA 1001.1.26420).