Roma Numismatics Ltd
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Italy, Kingdom of Sicily. Charles I of Anjou (AD 1266-1285) AR Saluto D'argento. Naples, after 1278. +KAROL'• IЄRL'• ЄT• SICIL• RЄX, Ducal coat-or-arms of Jerusalem and Anjou / +AVЄ• GRA• PLЄNA• DNS• TЄCUM, the Annunciation: Archangel Gabriel standing right, holding lily in left hand and pointing with outstretched right at Virgin standing facing slightly left, raising hands in adoration; between them, lily in vase. MEC 677; MIR 20. 3.28g, 24mm, 11h.
Good Very Fine.
Issued alongside a similar type in gold (called a Saluto D'oro, the name 'saluto' being in direct reference the reverse scene depicted), this attractive coin proclaims Charles I as King of Sicily, a title which he maintained even after his Angevin house had been driven from Sicily by a popular uprising in 1282. It was not until 1435 under Alfonso V of Aragon that the crowns of the Two Sicilies were reunited, the Aragonese having replaced the Angevins in Sicily.
Good Very Fine.
Issued alongside a similar type in gold (called a Saluto D'oro, the name 'saluto' being in direct reference the reverse scene depicted), this attractive coin proclaims Charles I as King of Sicily, a title which he maintained even after his Angevin house had been driven from Sicily by a popular uprising in 1282. It was not until 1435 under Alfonso V of Aragon that the crowns of the Two Sicilies were reunited, the Aragonese having replaced the Angevins in Sicily.