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1 Denaro - Carlo I d'Angio
| Issuer | Kingdom of Sicily |
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| Year | 1266-1282 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Central field displays a stylized eagle displayed, rendered in the crude hammered style characteristic of 13th-century Sicilian billon coinage. The figure is enclosed within a plain inner circle, with the Latin legend KAROLVS REX disposed around the periphery. The flan is irregular and slightly uneven, typical of hand-struck medieval issues. The relief is shallow and the design shows the bold, schematic treatment common to Angevin denari of this period. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Carlo I d'Angiò struck these billon denari following his defeat of Manfred at the Battle of Benevento in 1266, which ended Hohenstaufen rule in southern Italy and installed Angevin authority over the Regno. The coinage was not merely administrative — it was a deliberate assertion of new dynastic control over a monetary system the Hohenstaufen had carefully maintained. Production ended abruptly with the Sicilian Vespers of March 1282, the island-wide uprising that cost Carlo the Sicilian half of his kingdom and ultimately split the realm into two rival crowns.