Naples and Sicily 1686-AGA tari

Ponterio sale 169, lot 10510

This specimen was lot 10510 in Ponterio sale 169 (Baltimore, November 2012), where it sold for $329. The catalog description^[1] noted, "ITALY. Naples & Sicily. Tari, 1686-AGA. Charles II (1665-1700). Dark toned. NGC MS-62. From the Demarete Collection." This type was struck 1683-87 and undated. The SCWC notes that 12 carlini = six tari = one piastra, where a piastra is roughly equal to a peso. Charles II, the last Hapsburg king of Spain, was also king of Naples and Sicily. After his death the area passed out of the hands of the Spanish crown, only to be reconquered by them in the 1730's.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 5.60-5.64 g, silver, 27 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM-104; MIR-29815.

Source:

• Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
• ^[1]Ponterio, Richard, Ponterio sale 169: The November 2012 Baltimore Auction, Irvine, CA: Stack's Bowers, LLC, 2012.

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