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    View Categories Home > Catalog > |Medieval & Modern Coins| > |Sicily| > ME70466
Kingdom of Sicily, Alfonso I (the Magnanimous) of Aragon, 1416 - 1458 A.D.
|Sicily|, |Kingdom| |of| |Sicily,| |Alfonso| |I| |(the| |Magnanimous)| |of| |Aragon,| |1416| |-| |1458| |A.D.|, Alfonso the Magnanimous was the King of Aragon (as Alfonso V), Valencia (as Alfonso III), Majorca, Sardinia and Corsica (as Alfonso II), Sicily (as Alfonso I) and Count of Barcelona (as Alfonso IV), and King of Naples (as Alfonso I). He was one of the most prominent figures of the early Renaissance and a knight of the Order of the Dragon.

The stripes on the arms of the Crown of Aragon are red and yellow.
ME70466. Billon denaro, MEC Italy III 837, Biaggi 1349 (C), MIR Sicily 228 (R), gVF, nice patina, typical crowded flan, Messina mint, weight 0.741g, maximum diameter 13.3mm, die axis 315o, obverse + ALFOnS:D:GR, eagle standing facing, head right, wings open; reverse REX SICILI, arms of the Crown of Aragon (vertical stripes on shield), cross pattée above; SOLD



  






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