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Kingdom of Sicily, Manfred von Hohenstaufen, 1258 - 1266
You have MIR 326. We have another of yours in the catalog identical listed as MIR 485. I don't have MIR Sicily. One must be wrong. Please check MIR. Manfred was frequently in conflict with the Papacy and was excommunicated by three different popes. In the Divine Comedy, Dante meets Manfred outside the gates of Purgatory, where the spirit explains that, although he repented of his sins in the moment of death, he must atone by waiting 30 years for each year he lived as an excommunicate, before being admitted to Purgatory proper. Queen Elizabeth is a descendant of King Manfred.
ME66340. Billon denaro apulo, Biaggi 485 (R), MIR 10 326 (R), Travaini 66, MEC Italy III - (discussed on p. 193, type 2), VF, Apulia, Brindisi(?) mint, weight 0.493g, maximum diameter 13.8mm, die axis 90o, 1258 - c. 1263; obverse +• MANFREDVS•, gothic APl monogram, three pellets around, within inner border; reverse + REX• SICILIE•, cross pattée, wedge in each angle; rare; SOLD
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