1335 1336 1335. ITALY, Sicilia (Regno). Filippo II di Spagna. 1554-1598. AR 4 Tarì (33mm, 11.70 g, 12h). Messina mint; Tommaso Paulillo, mintmaster. Dated 1556. Bareheaded and armored bust right / Crowned eagle facing, head left, with wings displayed; T P below wings. MIR 317/1; cf. Spahr 12 (for type). VF, toned, areas of weak strike. ($200) Ex Archer M. Huntington Collection (HSA 1001.1.1670).
1336. ITALY, Sicilia (Regno). Filippo II di Spagna. 1554-1598. AR 4 Tarì (33mm, 11.77 g, 8h). Messina mint; Tommaso Paulillo, mintmaster. Dated 1556. Bareheaded and armored bust right / Crowned eagle facing, head left, with wings displayed; T P below wings. MIR 317/1; cf. Spahr 12-13 (for type). Good VF, toned. ($300) Ex Archer M. Huntington Collection (HSA 1001.1.18353).
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1337. ITALY, Sicilia (Regno). Filippo II di Spagna. 1554-1598. AR 4 Tarì (32mm, 11.60 g, 11h). Messina mint; Tommaso Paulillo, mintmaster. Dated 15556 (sic). Bareheaded and armored bust right; traces of saltires below bust / Crowned eagle facing, head left, with wings displayed; T P below wings. MIR 317/1; cf. Spahr 12-13 (for type). VF, toned, areas of weak strike. ($200) Ex Archer M. Huntington Collection (HSA 1001.57.4431).
1338. ITALY, Sicilia (Regno). Filippo II di Spagna. 1554-1598. AR 4 Tarì (33mm, 11.65 g, 11h). Messina mint; Tommaso Paulillo, mintmaster. Dated 1556. Bareheaded and armored bust right / Crowned eagle facing, head left, with wings displayed; T P below wings. MIR 317/1; cf. Spahr 12-13 (for type). VF, toned. ($200) Ex Archer M. Huntington Collection (HSA 1001.1.1671).
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1339. ITALY, Sicilia (Regno). Filippo II di Spagna. 1554-1598. AR 4 Tarì (32mm, 11.60 g, 11h). Messina mint; Tommaso Paulillo, mintmaster. Dated 1556. Bareheaded and armored bust right / Crowned eagle facing, head left, with wings displayed; T P below wings. MIR 317/1; cf. Spahr 13 (for type). VF, toned, obverse double struck, deposits. ($200) Ex Archer M. Huntington Collection (HSA 1001.1.1675).
1340. ITALY, Sicilia (Regno). Filippo II di Spagna. 1554-1598. AR Tarì (21mm, 2.89 g, 3h). Messina mint; Tommaso Paulillo, mintmaster. Dated 15562 (sic). Bareheaded and armored bust right / Crowned eagle facing, head right, with wings displayed; T P below wings. Cf. MIR 325/2 (dated 1556, additional digit unlisted); cf. Spahr 99 (same). VF, toned. ($150) Ex Archer M. Huntington Collection (HSA 1001.1.1690).
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