The Height of 13th Century Art

Sale: Triton XII, Lot: 1020. Estimate $7500.  Closing Date: Monday, 5 January 2009.  Sold For $8500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ITALY, Sicilia (Regno). Carlo I d'Angiò. 1266-1282. AV Saluto d’oro (4.49 g, 11h). Naples mint. Struck after 1278. + KAR (AR ligate) OL’ • DЄI • GRA • IЄRL’m • SICILIЄ • RЄX, coat-of-arms of Jerusalem and Anjou; rosette flanked by stars on either side; above, upturned crescent flanked by stars / + AVЄ • GRACIA • PLЄnA • DOmInuS TЄCUm, The Annunciation: Archangel Gabriel standing right, hoding lilly in left hand and pointing with outstretched right at Virgin standing facing slightly left, raising hands in adoration; between them, lily in vase. CNI XIX 1-4; Spahr -; MEC 14, 675-676; Friedberg 808. Superb EF.