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ITALY, Napoli (Regno). Ferdinando I (Don Ferrante). 1458-1494. AR Coronato (27mm, 3.99 g, 10h). Fourth coinage, Group b1. Napoli (Naples) mint; Gian Carlo Tramontano, maestro di zecca. Struck 1488-1494. FERRANDVS D G R SICILIE IE, crowned and armored bust right; T to left; annulet and double annulet stops / (rosette) IVSTA (annulet) TV ENDA (rosette), Archangel Michael right, spearing dragon to lower right; triple annulets and banner on spear end. Grierson, Coins of Medieval Europe 408 var. (no banner); MIR 69/2; Pannuti-Riccio 17b; MEC 14, 1003-4. Iridescent toning, areas of weak strike at periphery. Good VF.
From the Richard A. Jourdan Collection of Medieval European Coins, purchased from A.H. Balswin's and Sons.
'The last carlini of the reign showed St Michael slaying the dragon, the motto this time being IVSTA TVENDA, appropriate to the suppression in 1486 of the great Revolt of the Barons, instigated by Pope Innocent VIII.' Grierson, p.186.
From the Richard A. Jourdan Collection of Medieval European Coins, purchased from A.H. Balswin's and Sons.
'The last carlini of the reign showed St Michael slaying the dragon, the motto this time being IVSTA TVENDA, appropriate to the suppression in 1486 of the great Revolt of the Barons, instigated by Pope Innocent VIII.' Grierson, p.186.