Watch List notes:

ITALY, Como (Comune). AR Mezzo grosso (19mm, 1.33 g, 2h). In the name of the Holy Roman emperor Frederick II (1220-1250). FRED' • RIC' I • P • R' •, crowned bust right, holding lis-tipped scepter and flower; symbol to left / + • (symbol) • CVMΛ NV(horizontal S), eagle facing, head left, with wings spread. Cf. Grierson, Coins of Medieval Europe 239 (for type); cf. CNI IV 28; MIR 264/1; Biaggi 641. Toned. EF. Great metal for issue. Very rare.


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