Charles II of Anjou held Cuneo as part of his broader Piedmontese territories, but the city's monetary output during his reign was administratively distinct from the main Neapolitan mint. The 1/5 gros denomination — a fractional adaptation of the French gros tournois that spread across Angevin-controlled territories in the late 13th and early 14th centuries — reflects Charles's deliberate alignment of his northern Italian coinage with trans-Alpine commercial standards rather than local tradition.
The MIR 430 reference covers multiple die variants across the 1307–1309 window; the II#6/8 subclassification narrows this to a specific emission within that short run.
Charles II of Anjou held Cuneo as part of his broader Piedmontese territories, but the city's monetary output during his reign was administratively distinct from the main Neapolitan mint. The 1/5 gros denomination — a fractional adaptation of the French gros tournois that spread across Angevin-controlled territories in the late 13th and early 14th centuries — reflects Charles's deliberate alignment of his northern Italian coinage with trans-Alpine commercial standards rather than local tradition.
The MIR 430 reference covers multiple die variants across the 1307–1309 window; the II#6/8 subclassification narrows this to a specific emission within that short run.