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[[Image:Aureo423-1312.jpg|550px|thumb|Aureo y Calicó sale 423, lot 1312]]

This specimen was lot 1312 in Aureo y Calicó sale 423 (Barcelona, December 2023), where it sold for 300 € (about US$389 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "Alfons IV (1416-1458). Perpinya. Croat. Fine example. Rare. MBC+ [choice very fine]." Alfonso the Magnanimous (1396-1458) was King of Aragon and King of Sicily (as Alfonso V) and the ruler of the Crown of [[Coinage of Aragon|Aragon]] from 1416 and King of Naples (as Alfonso I) from 1442 until his death. He was involved with struggles to the throne of the Kingdom of Naples with Louis III of Anjou, Joanna II of Naples and their supporters, but ultimately failed and lost Naples in 1424. He recaptured it in 1442 and was crowned king of Naples. A similar coin was struck in Perpignan ([[Catalonia (1416-58) real|Cayón-1898]]). 

''Recorded mintage'': unknown.

''Specification'': silver, this specimen 3,18 g. 

''Catalog reference'': Cru.V.S. 827.1, Cru. CG. 2869a, [[Spanish and Spanish colonial coins listed by Cayón number|Cayón-1896]]. 

''[[Bibliography|Sources]]'':
* Cayón, Adolfo, Clemente Cayón and Juan Cayón, ''Las Monedas [[Spain|Españolas]], del Tremis al Euro: del 411 a Nuestros Dias, 2 volumes,'' Madrid: Cayón-Jano S.L., 2005.
* <sup>[1]</sup>Sisó, Teresa, Eduard Domingo and Lluís Lalana, ''Subasta 423: Subasta Numismatica,'' Barcelona: Aureo y Calicó, 2023.

''Link to:''
* [[Majorca (1412-16) real]] Ferdinand I
* [[Catalonia (1416-58) real]] Alfonso IV
* [[Majorca (1416-58) real]] Alfonso IV
* [[Valencia (1416-58) real]] Alfonso V of Aragon
* [[Coins and currency dated 1416]]
* return to [[Coinage of Catalonia]]

[[Category:Selections from Aureo sale 422, 423, 424]]