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1 Denaro - Joanna I
| Issuer | Naples, Kingdom of |
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| Year | 1343-1347 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse description | Central field features a label with two fleurs-de-lis positioned upon it, flanked by three fleurs-de-lis on the pendant points and two additional fleurs-de-lis below, forming a heraldic arrangement typical of Angevin dynastic iconography. The design is enclosed within a beaded inner circle. The peripheral legend is struck in Gothic-style Latin characters, reading the queen's name and title. The flan is irregular and slightly scyphate in character, consistent with hammered billon coinage of the mid-fourteenth century Neapolitan mint. |
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| Obverse lettering | IOhANNA • DEI • GRATIA (Translation: JOANNA • GOD`S • GRACE) |
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Joanna I inherited the Neapolitan throne in 1343 at seventeen, immediately facing a succession crisis compounded by the murder of her husband Andrew of Hungary in 1345 — a crime for which she was widely, if likely unjustly, blamed. The ensuing Hungarian invasion under Louis I forced her into exile in Avignon, where she famously sold the city to Pope Clement VI for 80,000 florins to fund her eventual return. These denari were struck in the compressed window before that catastrophe unfolded.