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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Medieval & Modern Coins| > |Italy| > ME66338
Kingdom of Naples and Sicily, Charles I of Anjou, 1266 - 1285
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Charles I of Anjou, was a member of the royal Capetian dynasty and the founder of the second House of Anjou. He was the King of Sicily by conquest from 1266, though he had received it as a papal grant in 1262. He was expelled from the island in the aftermath of the Sicilian Vespers of 1282. In the Holy Roman Empire, he was Count of Provence (1246-85) and Forcalquier (1246-48, 1256-85). In France, he was Count of Anjou and Maine (1246-85). In Greece he was Prince of Achaea (1278-85). In 1272, he was proclaimed King of Albania. In 1277 he purchased a claim to the Kingdom of Jerusalem. Carlos_I
ME66338. Billon denaro, MIR 10 347 (R3), Biaggi 493 var. (R), MEC Italy III 643, VF, Apulia, Brindisi mint, weight 0.405g, maximum diameter 15.9mm, die axis 135o, early coinage, 1266 - 1278; obverse K DEI GRA REX SCL, cross fleury; reverse + DVC AP ET PRIC CAPE, shield with lis and three pendants, flanked by two small lis; rare; SOLD











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