Sicily 1560 3 tari

Ponterio sale 177, lot 35067

photo courtesy Stack's-Bowers LLC

This specimen was lot 35067 in Ponterio sale 177 (Chicago, August 2013), where it sold for $96. The catalog description^[1] noted, "ITALY. Sicily. Messina. 3 Tari, 1560. Philip III (1556-98). Scratches on the obverse. Toned. VERY FINE. From the Demarete Collection." 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. Three tari equaled one fourth of a piastra.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver.

Catalog reference: cf.Spahr-66; MIR-319/5.

Source:

• Fabrizi, Davide, Monete Italiane Regionale: Napoli, Pavia: Edizioni Numismatica Varesi, 2010.
• ^[1]Ponterio, Richard, Ponterio sale 177: The August 2013 Chicago ANA Auction, World Coins, Irvine, CA: Stack's Bowers, LLC, 2013.

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