A Pair of Superb Pierreales

Triton XIV, Lot: 1408. Estimate $10000. Sold for $9500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ITALY, Sicilia (Regno). Pietro I il grande (the Great). 1282-1285. AV Pierreale (25mm, 4.38 g, 12h). Messina mint. + XPS • uInCIT • XPS • RЄn´AT • XPS • ImPAT/+ COSTA DЄI • GRA • AR´AG Z SICIL´ • RЄG, eagle standing left, head and tail right, with wings displayed / + SummA POTЄnCIA ЄST In DЄO/+ P DЄI GRA ARAGOn SICIL RЄX (annulet stops), coat-of-arms of Aragón. Spahr 1 var. (eagle wearing crown); MEC 14, 756 var. (pellet above arms); Friedberg 654. Superb EF.