Watch List notes:

ITALY, Napoli (Regno). Ferdinando I (Don Ferrante). 1458-1494. AR Coronato (25mm, 3.98 g, 12h). Fourth Coinage, Class 3, Group b1. Napoli (Naples) mint. Struck 1488-1491. FERRANDVS D G R SICILIE I, crowned and armored bust right; T to left; double annulet stops / IVSTA (annulet) T VENDA, Archangel Michael, holding spear and shield, slaying dragon; Greek cross on spear end. CNI XIX 530 var. (no annulet in rev legend); cf. Pannuti-Riccio 17b (for type); MIR 69/2; MEC 14, 1005 var. (rev. legend). Good VF, toned.


From the Michael Joffre Collection.