Naples (1285-1309) salut d'or Fr-810
This specimen was lot 5030 in Künker sale 354 (Osnabrück, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €3,800 (about US$5,289 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"ITALIEN, NEAPEL UND SIZILIEN, Karl II. von Anjou, 1285-1309. Salut d'or o. J. Neapel. GOLD. R Vorzüglich. (Italy, kingdom of Naples, Charles of Anjou, 1285-1309, undated gold salut. Rare, extremely fine.)"
The first Charles of Anjou had a long and checkered career attempting to assemble an empire in the Mediterranean, only to be checked when locals expelled the French in the Sicilian Vespers of 1282. His son, Charles II, was a captive of the Aragonese when his father died and did not obtain his freedom until 1289. This is the only gold coin attributed to him. The Angevins ruled in Naples (but not Sicily) until the death of Charles' great-granddaughter, Joanna, in 1382.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: gold, this specimen 4.39 g.
Catalog reference: Fr-810; Pannuti/Riccio 1.
- Fabrizi, Davide, Monete Italiane Regionale: Napoli, Pavia: Edizioni Numismatica Varesi, 2010.
- Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed., Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.
- Grierson, Philip, Coins of Medieval Europe, London: B. A. Seaby Ltd., 1991.
- [1]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Künker Auktion 354: Munzen und Medaillen aus Mittelalter und Neuzeit u. a. Braunschweig-Luneburg. Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2021.
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