ITALY, Sicilia (Regno). Carlo I d'Angiò or Carlo II d'Angiò. 1266-1309. AV Saluto d’oro (23mm, 4.37 g, 12h). Napoli (Naples) mint.

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Lot: 204. Estimated: $ 3 000

The Richard A. Jourdan Collection – World, Gold

Sold For $ 4 250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

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ITALY, Sicilia (Regno). Carlo I d'Angiò or Carlo II d'Angiò. 1266-1309. AV Saluto d’oro (23mm, 4.37 g, 12h). Napoli (Naples) mint. + K(AR)OL’ · DЄI · GRA · IЄRL’m · SICILIЄ · RЄX, coat-of-arms; above, crescent between two stars; to left and right, rosette between two stars / + AVЄ · GRACIA · PLЄnA · DOMInUS · TЄCUm, The Annunciation: Archangel Gabriel standing right, holding lily and pointing toward the Virgin standing left, orans, both wearing nimbus crown; lily in vase between. Grierson, Coins of Medieval Europe C11 (Charles I); CNI XIX 1-4; MIR 18 (Napoli; Carlo I) and 22 (Napoli; Carlo II); Spahr –; MEC 14, 675-6 (Charles I) and 682 (Charles II); Friedberg 808 (Charles I) and 810 (Charles I). Lightly toned, underlying luster. EF.

From the Richard A. Jourdan Collection of Medieval European Coins, purchased from Charkes H. Wolfe, III, 1998.

Born out of the coinage reform of 1278 the saluto d’oro ‘was a beautiful coin coin of pure gold, weighing 4.32g, having on the obverse an admirable representation of the Annunciation and on the other the field of Naples-Jerusalem. The king took a personal interest in the design, rejecting the first patterns in June 1278 on the grounds that the obverse and reverse were not struck in the same plane and that the lettering was too crowded.’ Grierson, p.112.

Closing Date and Time: 25 March 2020 at 11:07:40 ET.

All winning bids are subject to an 18% buyer’s fee.