1½ Ducato - Alfonso I

Features

Issuer	Kingdom of Naples (Italian States)
King	Alfonso I (1442-1458)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	1442-1458
Value	1.5 Ducat
Currency	Piastra (1266-1812)
Composition	Gold
Weight	5.30 g
Diameter	28 mm
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Orientation	Coin alignment ↑↓
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 123489
References	MIR NA# 53 Davide Fabrizi; 2010. Monete Italiane Regionali / Volume 8. Napoli. Numismatica Varesi, Pavia, Italy. , Fr# 816 Coin & Currency Institute (publisher). Gold Coins of the World. Coin & Currency Institute (7 volumes). , Biaggi# 1662 Elio Biaggi; 1992. Monete e zecche medievali italiane: dal sec. VIII al sec. XV. Montenegro (Edizioni Numismatiche di Eupremio Montenegro), Turin, Italy.

Obverse

King mounted on horse riding to the right

Script: Latin (uncial)

Lettering: ALFONSV:D:G:R:ARAGO:SICILI:CITRA:VLTRA

Lettering (regular font): ALFONSV:D:G:R:ARAGO:SICILI:CITRA:VLTRA

Translation:
Dominus mihi adiutor, et ego despiciam inimicos meos

The Lord is my helper, and I look down on my enemies

Reverse

Second and third quadrants are striped.

Script: Latin (uncial)

Lettering: :DNS:M:ADIVTO:ET:EGO:DESPICI:INIMICO:M:

Lettering (regular font):  :DNS:M:ADIVTO:ET:EGO:DESPICI:INIMICO:M:

Translation: Alphonse, by God's Grace, King of Aragon, Sicily on this side and beyond (the Punta of Faro, referring to mainland Sicily which was the Kingdom of Naples)

Mint

Naples, Italy (661-1870)

Comments

Mint master's initial 'B': Jacopo Baboccio da Piperno

Variant exists with striped 1st and 4th quadrant

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (1442-1458)
ND (1442-1458) B												(fr) variété B derrière le cheval

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