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1 Carlino - Alfonso I
| Issuer | Naples, Kingdom of |
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| Year | 1442-1458 |
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| Technique | Hammered |
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| Obverse description | Enthroned frontal figure of King Alfonso I, crowned and robed in royal garments, seated upon a throne flanked by lions. The king holds a sceptre in his right hand and an orb surmounted by a cross in his left, emblematic of sovereign authority. The effigy is rendered in the Gothic hammered style typical of the Neapolitan mint of the mid-fifteenth century. The central device is contained within a beaded inner circle. A Latin legend runs continuously around the outer field between the beaded border and the inner circle. |
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| Reverse description | The central field displays a large quartered heraldic shield bearing the combined arms of the Crown of Aragon and the Kingdom of Sicily: the pallets of Aragon alternating with the eagle of Sicily, all rendered in the Gothic engraving style characteristic of mid-fifteenth century Neapolitan coinage. The shield occupies the full inner circle and is framed by a beaded border. A Latin legend giving the king's titles runs continuously around the outer margin between the beaded border and the coin's edge. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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