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Sicily: The Angevin Kings

528.

Charles I of Anjou

, 1266-1285. Carlino or

Saluto d’argento, 3.14g. Naples, after 1278.

Obv: +KAROL’ IERL’ ET SICIL REX, arms of

Jerusalem/Anjou. Rx: AVE GRA PLENA DNS

TECUM, the Annunciation (hence the name

“Saluto”). A Saluto d’oro was introduced at the

same time. MEC 677, MIR 20. VF

$250

The Angevins were driven out of Sicily in 1282 by

a popular uprising called the Sicilian Vespers and

were replaced by the Aragonese. The Angevins

maintained their kingdom in Naples, where it was

still called the Kingdom of Sicily. The crowns of the

Two Sicilies were reunited in 1435 under Alfonso V

of Aragon.

Naples: The Angevin Kings

529.

Charles II of Anjou

. 1285-1309. Carlino or Saluto

d’argento, 3.19g. Naples, before 1302. Type as

above, with obverse legend KAROL’ SCD’ IERL’

ET SICIL’ REX. MEC 683, MIR 23. VF

$200

530.

Gigliato or Carlino, 3.89g. Naples, after 1303. Obv:

+KAROL’ SCD’ DEI GRA IERL’ ET SICIL’ REX,

king facing, seated on lion throne. Rx: +HONOR

REGIS IUDICIUM DILIGIT, cross fleury with fleu-

rs de lis in angles. It was this reverse which gave

the coin the name “Gigliato”, which became a very

popular trading coin in Angevine controlled and

influenced lands and in the eastern Mediterranean

where it was heavily imitated. MEC 686, MIR

24.VF

or better

$175

531.

Gigliato or Robertino, 3.88g. Naples, early series

with ROBERTUS, field mark Lis, after 1321. Obv:

+ROBERTUS DEI GRA IERL’ ET SICIL’ REX,

king facing, seated on lion throne, fleur de lis in

field to left. Rx: +HONOR REGIS IUDICIUM

DILIGIT, cross fleury with fleurs de lis in angles.

Scarce with field mark. MEC 703, MIR 28/2. VF

$175

NAPLES: The Angevin Kings

Coinage from Local Mints

532.

Louis of Anjou, Pretender to “Sicily”

, 1382-1384.

Bolognino, 1.11g. L’ AQUILA. Obv: S PETRVS

PP’FES, bust of S. Pier Celestino (Pope Celestine

V). Rx: LVDOVICVS REX around A Q L A in

field. MEC 724, MIR(IMC) 49. VF

$175

533.

Charles III of Durazzo

, 1382-1385. Bolognino,

.83g. SULMONA. Obv: S PETRVS P, bust of S.

Pier Celestino. Rx: R KROLVS T, around S M P

E in field. MEC 726, MIR(IMC) 769-79 var. VF,

some peripheral weakness on obv

$200

534.

Bolognino, 1.19g. SULMONA. Obv: S PETRVS

PP, bust of S. Pier Celestino. Rx: REX KROLVS

T, around S M P E in field. Nice portrait of Saint

Celestino. MEC 726 var., MIR(IMC) 772. VF+/VF

$300