Live auction - fwo_669129 - SICILY - KINGDOM OF SICILY - PETER III OF ARAGON, I OF SICILY AND CONSTANTIA Pierreale n.d. Messine

SICILY - KINGDOM OF SICILY - PETER III OF ARAGON, I OF SICILY AND CONSTANTIA Pierreale n.d. Messine XF

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Estimate :	180 €
Price :	135 €
Maximum bid :	200 €
End of the sale :	03 August 2021 22:07:20
bidders :	3 bidders

Type : Pierreale

Date: c. 1282-1285

Date: n.d.

Mint name / Town : Messine

Metal : silver

Diameter : 24,5 mm

Orientation dies : 9 h.

Weight : 3,27 g.

Rarity : R1

Coments on the condition:

Flan irrégulier présentant des coups sur la tranche. Usure régulière

Catalogue references :

Spahr16 var. p. 6 - MIR.4.173

Obverse

Obverse legend : +: P: DEI: GRA: ARAGON: Z SICIL: REX:, (PONCTUATION PAR TROIS POINTS SUPERPOSÉS).

Obverse description : Écu aux armes d'Aragon dans un octolobe cantonné de huit annelets.

Obverse translation : (Pierre, par la grâce de Dieu, roi d’Aragon et de Sicile).

Reverse

Reverse legend : + COSTA: DEI: GRA: ARAG Z SICIL: REGIA, (PONCTUATION PAR TROIS POINTS SUPERPOSÉS).

Reverse description : Aigle éployée, la tête à droite, dans un octolobe cantonné de huit annelets.

Reverse translation : (Constance, par la grâce de Dieu, reine d’Aragon et de Sicile).

Historical background

SICILY - KINGDOM OF SICILY - PETER III OF ARAGON, I OF SICILY AND CONSTANTIA

(1282-1285)

Constance is the daughter of Manfredi, King of Sicily (1258-1266) and Beatrice of Savoy. She married Peter, son of James I, who ascended the throne of Aragon in 1276. Peter became King of Sicily in 1282 but was excommunicated by Pope Martin IV after the Sicilian Vespers which drove the French from Sicily. In 1283 he occupied Reggio and part of Calabria. Pierre died in 1285. His second son, Jacques, succeeded him.

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