Naples (1303-09) gigliato
This specimen was lot 1582 in Jean Elsen sale 162 (Brussels, June 2025), where it sold for €130 (about US$180 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"ITALIE, NAPLES, Charles II d'Anjou (1285-1309), AR gigliato (carlino), 1303-1309. D/ Le roi trônant de f. sur deux lions, ten. un sceptre fleurdelisé et un gl. cr. R/ Croix ornée cantonnée de quatre fleurs de lis. (Italy, kingdom of Naples, Charles II of Anjou, 1285-1309, silver gigliato or carlino, circa 1303-09. Obverse: the king enthroned, facing, between two lions, bearing a scepter and an orb; reverse: ornate cross cantonned with four fleurs-de-lys. Very Fine - Extremely Fine.)"
Charles II was a captive of the Aragonese when his father died and did not obtain his freedom until 1289. The Angevins ruled in Naples (but not Sicily) until the death of Charles' great-granddaughter, Joanna, in 1382. The gigliato was a coin struck in Naples, Provence and also by the knights of St. John at Rhodes.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 4 g, 0.929 fine silver, 25 mm diameter, this specimen 3,77 g.
Catalog reference: P.R. 3; M.E.C. XIV, 686.
- Fabrizi, Davide, Monete Italiane Regionale: Napoli, Pavia: Edizioni Numismatica Varesi, 2010.
- Grierson, Philip, Coins of Medieval Europe, London: B. A. Seaby Ltd., 1991.
- [1]Elsen, Philippe, et al., Vente Publique 162: Collection Jacques Druart, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils S.A., 2025.
Link to:
- Naples (1285-1302) saluto d'argento, Charles II
- Naples (1285-1309) salut d'or Fr-810, Charles II
- Naples (1309-43) gigliato, Robert I
- Coins and currency dated 1303