Lot 2023

Description

Italy, Naples, Napoli (Regno), Carlo I di Spagna (Carlo V, Sacro Romano Imperio), (1516-1554), gold Scudo 23mm, (3.35g), Napoli (Naples) mint, obv. CAROLVS IIIII RO IM, laureate bust right, slight drapery on left shoulder; (IBR) to left; (parsley leaf) annulet below bust; annulet stops, rev. R ARAG VTRIVS, double-headed eagle facing, with wings displayed, crowned royal coat-of-arms on breast; crown above, annulet stops, (CNI XIX 69 var. (ROM); cf. Pannuti-Riccio 9 (for type); Friedberg 834). Good very fine with areas of toning.

Ex Archer M. Huntington Collection (HSA 1001.1.1601) and Triton XVII (lot 1169).