Naples and Sicily 1701-IM AGA tari
This specimen was lot 74027 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2023), where it sold for $288. The catalog description[1] noted, "ITALY. Naples & Sicily (Naples). Tari, 1701-IM AG A. Naples Mint. Filippo IV (Philip V of Spain). PCGS EF-40. Displaying a radiant sun and a view of the globe from space, this toned example also presents the bust of the newly-crowned king in both Spain and Naples, and the first of such kings from the House of Bourbon, Philip. From the David Sterling Collection." The Spanish ruled Naples and Sicily as part of the Aragonese inheritance from the end of the fifteenth century until the death of Charles II in 1700. The Austrian pretender Charles III captured Naples while Philip V maintained his rule in Sicily until 1713, when he surrendered it to the duke of Savoy. That duke traded the island for Sardinia in 1720; only then did the Austrians reunite Naples and Sicily. The archduke had by then given up his claim to Spain and mounted the throne of the Holy Roman Empire. However, the Spanish recaptured Naples and Sicily in 1734 and held it until the coming of Napoleon. This type was struck 1701-02 before the Austrians took Naples. Six tari made a piastra.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 4.38 g, silver, 24 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: KM-126; MIR-311.
- Fabrizi, Davide, Monete Italiane Regionale: Napoli, Pavia: Edizioni Numismatica Varesi, 2010.
- Montenegro, Eupremio, Montenegro 2015: Manuale del Collezionista di Monete Italiane, 30 ed., Torino, Italy: Montenegro s.a.s., 2014.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, February 2023 World Collectors Choice Online Auction, featuring the David Sterling Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2023.
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