FRANCE, Provincial. Provence (county). Robert I de Naples. 1309-1343. AR Gros dit Gillet (23mm, 2.42 g, 12h). + · RO · IhR · SICIL RЄX ·, crowned and mantled bust left; mantle decorated with lis / + COMЄS : PROVINCIЄ :, cross feuillue; quadrilobe in center. Rolland 46; Duplessey,
Féodales 1639 var. (obv. legend); Poey d’Avant 3994 var. (same); Künker 217, lot 2460 (same dies, but earlier die state). Toned, hint of die rust. VF. Extremely rare, the Künker coin the only specimen in CoinArchives.
Ex Richard A. Jourdan Collection of Medieval European Coins (Triton 23, 14 January 2020), lot 1075, purchased from Charles H. Wolfe, III, 1997; Crédit de la Bourse (26 April 1993), lot 1455.
