Naples 1575-GR VP tari

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Aureo y Calicó sale 423, lot 1364

This specimen was lot 1364 in Aureo y Calicó sale 423 (Barcelona, December 2023), where it sold for 90 € (about US$117 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted, "1575. Felipe II Naples. GR-VP. 1 tari. Scarce. MBC [very fine]." The portrait is of Philip II of Spain. The Spanish Hapsburgs ruled Naples and Sicily as part of their Aragonese inheritance from the death of Ferdinand the Catholic in 1517 until the death of Charles II in 1700. One tari was twenty grana and twelve tari made a piastra. This example is unusual in bearing a date.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specifications: 5.98 g, silver, this specimen 5,75 g.

Catalog reference: Vti. 341 var, MIR. 178/1.

Sources:

  • Fabrizi, Davide, Monete Italiane Regionale: Napoli, Pavia: Edizioni Numismatica Varesi, 2010.
  • [1]Sisó, Teresa, Eduard Domingo and Lluís Lalana, Subasta 423: Subasta Numismatica, Barcelona: Aureo y Calicó, 2023.

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