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1 Coronato - Ferdinando I
| Issuer | Naples, Kingdom of |
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| Year | 1458-1494 |
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| Value | 1 Coronato (1⁄12) |
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| Obverse description | A large striated cross with decorative terminals occupies the central field, its arms rendered with diagonal hatching in the late medieval style. The cross is enclosed within a beaded inner circle, beyond which a circular Latin legend runs along the periphery. A mint mark, when present, appears beneath the base of the cross. The overall composition is characteristic of Aragonese monetary art of the late fifteenth century. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Ferdinando I — known as Ferrante — introduced the coronato as part of a deliberate monetary reform intended to stabilize Neapolitan commerce following decades of Aragonese dynastic conflict. The coin's name derives directly from the crown imagery, and the denomination was designed to compete with the prestige silver of Florence and Venice in Mediterranean trade circuits. Ferrante's reign was among the longest and most politically turbulent of any Neapolitan ruler, marked by two baronial revolts, one of which he suppressed with particular ruthlessness in 1487.
MIR distinguishes multiple die variants across the nearly four-decade span of issue, with CNI XIX cataloguing over 150 individual specimens — a density that reflects both active production and substantial survival rates from hoarding.