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Venetian style imitative ducati copying the types of Andrea Dandolo and other doges are traditionally attributed to Robert d'Anjou (de Taranto) as Prince of Achaea. Widespread circulation and numerous varieties indicate some possibility they may have also been struck elsewhere, such as Chios under Genoa or Mytilene under the Gattilusi.ME45452. Gold ducato, cf. Ives p. XIII; Schlumberger p. 21 and pl. XXI, 19 - 22; Gamberini 344; and Friedberg 38a var. (K on obv), Superb EF, weight 3.479 g, maximum diameter 21.8 mm, die axis 0o, uncertain mint, 1443 - 1454; obverse S/N / V/E/N/E/T/I D/V/X ANDR DANDVO (S and third N sideways), St. Mark standing right, receiving banner from Doge kneeling left; reverse SIT T XPE DAT Q TV RIZ IZTE DVCATT (S retrograde), Christ standing facing, raising right hand in benediction, Gospels in left, surrounded by mandorla containing nine stars; ex CNG; SOLD
Chios, Greece, Philippo Maria Visconti, 1421 - 1436, Imitative of Venice
SH48270. Gold ducato, Schlumberger pl. XIV, 14; Gamberini 398; Friedberg 4, VF, weight 3.511 g, maximum diameter 20.7 mm, die axis 225o, uncertain mint, 1421 - 1436; obverse S PETRVS DVX D MEDIOLAN (S retrograde), St. Peter standing right, receiving banner from Doge kneeling left; reverse D SIT T XPE DAT Q TV RIG ISTE DVCAT, Christ standing facing, raising right hand in benediction, Gospels in left, surrounded by mandorla containing nine stars; SOLD
Crusaders, Frankish Greece, Principality of Achaea, Louis of Burgundy, 31 Jul 1313 - 2 Aug 1316
| Louis of Burgundy was a younger son of Robert II, Duke of Burgundy and Agnes of France. On 31 Jul 1313, he married Matilda of Hainaut to whom Philip I of Taranto gave the Principality of Achaea. Louis ceded his family lands in Burgundy to his elder brother in exchange for the title of "King of Thessalonica." Matilda and Louis arrived separately in Achaea, she sailing directly from Marseille to Navarino with 1,000 troops. Matilda's army was defeated on 22 Feb 1316 by Ferdinand of Majorca, who also claimed the principality. Louis came by way of Venice to solicit aid from the Republic. He defeated Ferdinand, who was killed in the battle, on 5 July 1316. Four weeks later, Louis died. The Chronicle of the Morea attributes his death to a fever, while the Catalan Declaratio summa states that he was poisoned by John, count of Cephalonia. His death left Achaea in an unsettled state, with his brother Eudes, his wife, and the Angevins all attempting to gain it. |  |
Crusaders, Frankish Greece, Principality of Achaea, Ferdinand of Majorca, Pretender, Jun 1315 - 5 July 1316
| Ferdinand of Majorca, as the third son of King James II, was an infante (prince) of the Kingdom of Majorca. It is this title on the obverse of this coin. He was also Viscount of Aumelas and Lord of Frontignan. Ferdinand married Isabella, daughter of Margaret of Villehardouin and they had a son who held the claim on the Principality of Achaea. Margaret and then his wife died in 1315, and soon after he set out with a small company for the Morea to uphold the claim now held by his son. He seized Clarenza in June 1315 and briefly took control of the Morea. In the autumn of 1315 he took a second wife, Isabella of Ibelin. However, his rival claimant Matilda of Hainaut, and her husband Louis of Burgundy returned to the Morea in the spring of 1316 with Venetian aid. Ferdinand's expected aid from Majorca and Sicily was tardy, as was the Catalan Company from Athens. Facing superior numbers, he was killed at the Battle of Manolada on 5 July 1316. |  |
Crusaders, Frankish Greece, Principality of Achaea, Mahaut (Maud) of Hainaut, 1316 - 1318
This is the line drawing coin in Malloy, Preston and Seltman's Coins of the Crusader States. SH31488. Billon denier tournois, Malloy CCS p. 367, 40 (this coin); Metcalf Crusades type MA2 var. (lis beginning of rev. legend, no annulet right, Corinth), VF, weight 0.836 g, maximum diameter 20.3 mm, die axis 225o, Clarentza(?) mint, 1316 - 1318; obverse + mAhAVTA P Ach, cross pattée; reverse DE CLARENCIA (R with small foot = Clarentza?), castle tournois, surmounted by cross, C left, annulet right, no cross below; from the collection of Alex G. Malloy, former dealer for 40 years and co-author of Coins of the Crusader States, ex A.J. |Seltman| Collection; very rare; SOLD
Crusaders, Frankish Greece, Principality of Achaea, Robert of Taranto, 1333 - 1364
This is the line drawing coin in Malloy, Preston and Seltman's, Coins of the Crusader States. SH31371. Billon denier tournois, Malloy CCS p. 373, 76 (this coin), VF, weight 0.885 g, maximum diameter 17.6 mm, die axis 0o, Clarentza mint, obverse + ROBT P AChE, cross pattée; reverse CLARENCIA, castle tournois, II below; from the collection of Alex G. Malloy, former dealer for 40 years and co-author of Coins of the Crusader States, ex A.J. |Seltman| Collection, and ex R. Pesant Collection; very rare; SOLD
Crusaders, Frankish Greece, Principality of Achaea, Philip I of Taranto, 1307 - 1313
| In 1306 Charles II of Naples gave his son Philip I of Taranto the title "Despot of Romania." Romania referred to Frankish lands previously ruled by the Byzantine Empire (the Romans), including: Albania, Corfu, the Principality of Achaia, the Duchy of Athens, the Duchy of the Archipelago, and the Despotate of Epirus. Coins were struck for Philip with this title at Lepanto (Naupaktos), in Epirus, across the Gulf of Corinth from Patras. In 1313, Philip abandoned his claim to Epirus and claimed the defunct Latin Empire of Constantinople instead as the inheritance of his wife Catherine II of Valois, Princess of Achaea. | |
Crusaders, Frankish Greece, Principality of Achaea, Robert of Taranto, 1333 - 1364
| Robert II of Taranto (1299/1319 - 10 September 1364), of the Angevin family, was Prince of Taranto (1332-1346), King of Albania (1332-1364), Prince of Achaea (1333-1346), Titular Emperor of Constantinople (as Robert II, 1343/1346-1364). He was the oldest surviving son of Prince Philip I of Taranto and Empress Catherine II of Valois. In 1332, as a result of an exchange with his uncle John of Gravina, Robert became Prince of Achaea. Because of his youth, authority was effectively exercised by his mother Catherine II of Valois until her death in 1346. At that point Robert inherited the throne of the Latin Empire, and was recognized as emperor by the Latin states of Greece. His actual power, such as it was, remained based upon his authority as prince of Achaea. In Naples, on 9 September 1347 he married Marie of Bourbon, but the marriage was childless. When he died on 10 October 1364, his widow attempted to keep the principality for herself and her son from her previous marriage. However, Robert's younger brother Philip II of Taranto succeeded as the legitimate heir. He died in Naples and was buried there. | |
Crusaders, Frankish Greece, Principality of Achaea, John of Gravina, 1322 - 1333
This is the line drawing coin in Malloy, Preston and Seltman's Coins of the Crusader States. SH31391. Billon denier tournois, Malloy CCS p. 369, 58 (this coin), VF, weight 0.869 g, maximum diameter 18.8 mm, die axis 180o, Clarentza mint, obverse + IOhS P AChE, cross pattée; reverse D' CLARENCIA, castle tournois, annulet on each side, R below; from the collection of Alex G. Malloy, former dealer for 40 years and co-author of Coins of the Crusader States, ex A.J. |Seltman| Collection; very rare; SOLD
Crusaders, Frankish Greece, Principality of Achaea, Charles II of Anjou, 1285 - 1289
| Charles II succeeded his father, Charles I, in Achaea as well as Sicily (now reduced to the Kingdom of Naples), but he was a prisoner in Aragonese hands. In the interim, the rule of Achaea devolved upon a series of baillis chosen from the Morean nobility. Not long after his release and coronation in 1289, he granted the Principality to Isabelle of Villehardouin upon her marriage with Florent of Hainaut, in part to redress the greedy application of the Treaty of Viterbo at William's death. However, he retained feudal overlordship over the Principality, and his grant provided that neither Isabelle nor any daughter who was her heir might marry without his consent. |  |
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