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Medieval coin – HCR84785

Obverse

Inscription:

+:FERDINANDVS:D:G:R:CASTELLE:S:

Design:

Crowned shield

Reverse

Inscription:

+:FERDINANDVS:D:G:REX:SICILIE

Design:

Crowned facing eagle with head l.; below, °M ° C *.

Information

Period

Medieval

Category

Group

Authority

Naples: kingdom

Person

Ferdinand the Catholic, king of Aragon, Valencia, Majorca, Sicily, Sardinia, Naples, Castile, count of Barcelona, 1474 - 1516

Dating

1485-6 and 1490-c.1503

Mint

Messina

Denomination

Tari

Metal

silver

Technique

struck

Measurements
Acquisition
Additional information
Ticket
References
Credit

Weight (g)

3.47

Diameter (mm)

26.2

Reference

Medieval and Modern coins of Italy in the Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford: From Odoacer to Italian Unification, 476-1860/70 :

Reference

B. Cook, S. Locatelli, G. Sarcinelli, L. Travaini - 2020 - The Italian Coins in the British Museum. Volume 1: South Italy, Sicily, Sardinia : 997-8

Reference

P. Grierson, L. Travaini - 1998 - Medieval European Coinage. With a Catalogue of the coins in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, 14. Italy (III) (South Italy, Sicily, Sardinia) : 906-12

Reference

Spahr, Rodolfo - 1982 - Le Monete Siciliane Dagli Aragonesi Ai Borboni (1282-1836) : 107-31

Contributors to this coin record

jmairat, gsarcinelli, cgallacher