Carlino - Filippo II

Philip II never set foot in Naples, governing it entirely through a succession of viceroys throughout his reign. The carlino itself was a denomination with deep local roots — introduced under Charles I of Anjou in the 13th century, it survived repeated dynastic upheavals to remain a functional unit of Neapolitan silver coinage well into the Spanish period. MIR 181/2 distinguishes this as a specific die variant within a type that saw production across nearly two decades, a span long enough that multiple viceroy administrations would have overseen its striking at the Naples mint.