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[[Image:Naples 1618 15 grana obv JElsen 111-1294.jpg|300px|thumb|Jean Elsen sale 111, lot 1294]]
[[Image:Naples 1618 15 grana rev JElsen 111-1294.jpg|300px|thumb]]

This specimen was lot 1294 in Jean Elsen sale 111 (Brussels, December 2011), where it sold for 170 euro (about US$262 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''ITALIE, NAPLES, Philippe III (1598-1621), AR 15 grana, 1618, Droit: B. cuirassé à gauche, une grande fraise au col. Revers: Un lion armé d'une épée dans un château à trois tours. Double frappe. Très Beau.'' ([[Italy]], kingdom of Naples, Philip III of Spain (1598-1621), silver fifteen grana of 1618. Obverse: armored bust to left, large ruffed collar. Reverse: a lion bearing a sword above a castle with three towers. Double struck, very fine.)"</blockquote>  This coin is about the right denomination and weight to be one eighth of a piastra.

''Recorded mintage:'' unknown.

''Specification:'' 3.74 g, silver, 24 mm diameter, this specimen 3,60 g.

''Catalog reference:'' KM 27, P.& R., 13.

''[[Bibliography|Source:]]''
* Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, ''Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed.,'' Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014. 
* Fabrizi, Davide, ''Monete Italiane Regionale: Napoli,'' Pavia: Edizioni Numismatica Varesi, 2010.
* <sup>[1]</sup>Elsen, Philippe, ''Vente Publique 111,'' Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses fils, S.A., 2011. 

''Link to:''
* [[Naples (1609-11)-IAF G 1/2 ducato|(1609-11)-IAF G ''mezzo ducato'']]
* [[Naples and Sicily (1611-21)-G 1/2 carlino KM-5|(1611-21)-G ''mezzo carlino'', Philip III, firesteels reverse]]
* [[Naples (1611-21)-G 1/2 carlino KM-17|(1611-21)-G ''mezzo carlino'', Philip III, fleece left]]
* [[Sicily 1611-DC scudo Dav-4041]]
* [[Naples 1617-ICC 1/2 scudo]]
* [[Naples and Sicily 1620-FCC carlino|1620-FCC carlino]]
* [[Naples and Sicily 1622-MCC tari|1622-MCC tari]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1618]]
* return to coins of [[Italy, Naples & Sicily]]

[[Category: Selections from Jean Elsen sale 111]]