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1 Gigliato - Roberto
| Issuer | Naples, Kingdom of |
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| Year | 1309-1343 |
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| Currency | Piastra (1266-1812) |
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| Obverse description | King Robert I enthroned facing, robed in royal vestments, holding a globus cruciger in his right hand and a sceptre in his left, flanked by a lion sejant to each side of the throne. The effigy is rendered in a formal Gothic style within a beaded inner circle, with the royal legend surrounding in the outer field. |
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| Reverse description | A bold cross fleury at centre, with a fleur-de-lis ornament occupying each of the four angles formed by the arms of the cross, all within a beaded inner circle. The design is crisp and symmetrical, characteristic of Angevin coinage, with the devotional legend surrounding in the outer field. |
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Roberto d'Angiò inherited Naples in 1309 following the death of his father Charles II, but his claim required years of political maneuvering — including a prolonged captivity in Aragon and a coronation performed by Pope Clement V in Avignon rather than in the kingdom itself. The gigliato was the signature silver denomination of Angevin Naples, widely circulated across the eastern Mediterranean and frequently imitated by Levantine mints precisely because its weight and fineness were trusted by traders operating in Crusader and Byzantine markets.