Sale: Triton XIII, Lot: 1868. Estimate $150.  Closing Date: Monday, 4 January 2010.  Sold For $240. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ITALY, Napoli (Regno). Alfonso I il Magnanimo (the Magnanimous) d'Aragona. 1442-1458. AR Carlino (3.51 g, 10h). Class A2. + : ΛLFOnSV : D : G : R : AR : S : C : V : F : (double annulet stops), coat-of-arms containing arms of Aragon, Naples, Jerusalem, and Hungary / + : DnS : m : ΛDIVT : ЄT : ЄGO : D : I · m : (annulet and double annulet stops), Alfonso seated facing, holding scepter and globus cruciger; lions to lower left and right. CNI XIX 181 var. (legends); Pannuti 5; MEC 14, 854-5 var. (legends); Biaggi 1663. Good VF, toned.

From the Leonard O. Greenfield Collection.

The son of Ferdinando I de Aragon and Eleanor de Alburquerque, Alfonso V de Aragon became one of the most prominent figures in the Renaissance as well as a knight in the Order of the Dragon. Initially the chosen heir of Jeanne d’Anjou, the Queen of Napoli, their allegiance suddenly worsened and Alfonso eventually abandoned those prospects for over a decade until after Jeanne’s death, mounting an attack upon her successor, René I d’Anjou. Once he had been driven back to France, Alfonso was able to hold not only the kingdom of Napoli, but also Sardegna.