File:Catalonia S51-2939.jpg

From CoinVarieties
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Original file(1,600 × 781 pixels, file size: 512 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)

This specimen was lot 2939 in Sincona sale 51 (Zurich, October 2018), where it sold for 1,000 CHF (about US$1,206 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"Renao von Anjou, 1466-1472. Pacifico o. J. Barcelona. 3.32 g. Cayon 1929. Fr-27. Sehr selten. Schön-sehr schön. Kleiner Schrötlingsriss und flaue Stelle. (principality of Catalonia, René of Anjou, 1466-72, undated pacifico, Barcelona mint. Very rare, Fine-very fine, Small flan crack and weakly struck.)"

very rare per Friedberg. Per Cayon, René operated 1467-70 and issued a one, half and quarter pacifico, all rare. Obverse should show a bust of the pretender.

Wikipedia: René of Anjou (Occitan: Rainièr d'Anjau; French: René d'Anjou; 1409–1480), also known as René I of Naples (Italian: Renato I di Napoli) and Good King René (Occitan: Rai Rainièr lo Bòn; French: Le bon roi René), was count of Piedmont, Duke of Bar (1430–80), Duke of Lorraine (1431–53), Duke of Anjou, Count of Provence (1434–80), briefly King of Naples (1435–42; titular 1442–80), titular King of Jerusalem (1438–80) and Aragon including Sicily, Majorca and Corsica (1466–70).

File history

Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.

Date/TimeThumbnailDimensionsUserComment
current16:24, 25 January 2021Thumbnail for version as of 16:24, 25 January 20211,600 × 781 (512 KB)Pastakhov (talk | contribs)This page contains material from http://www.coinfactswiki.com/wiki/File%3ACatalonia_S51-2939.jpg

The following page uses this file: