Naples 1695-AG A 20 grana
This specimen was lot 3179 in Stephen Album sale 50 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2024), where it sold for $120. The catalog description[1] noted, "NAPLES: Charles II, 1665-1700, AR 20 grana, 1695, Charles II (King of Spain, Naples and Sicily), Giovanni Maiorino die master and Andrea Giovane, mintmaster, •CAR•II•D G•REX• HISP•ET•NEAP•, crowned, draped and cuirassed bust right; •JM• below bust // badge of the Order of the Golden Fleece with central pellet, suspended within ornate scalloped frame; AG A and pellets across fields; •G•XX• (value) below, About XF, ex Dr. Robert A. Rosenfeld Collection." This type is listed for 1691-1700. The king is depicted much handsomer on these Italian coins than his portraits on Spanish coins, which may have been more accurate.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 4.5 g, silver, 25 mm diameter, this specimen 4.30 g.
Catalog reference: KM 117, CNI-XX 312; Pannuti-Riccio-18; MIR-300.
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
- [1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 50, featuring selections from the Dr. Robert A. Rosenfeld Collection, the Hakim Hamidi Collection, the Almer H. Orr III Collection and the Solar Collection, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2024.
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