Ducato e Mezzo - Alfonso I

Issuer Naples, Kingdom of
Year 1442-1458
Type Standard circulation coin
Value 1.5 Ducat
Currency Piastra (1266-1812)
Composition Gold
Weight 5.3 g
Diameter 28 mm
Thickness
Shape Round
Technique Hammered
Orientation Coin alignment ↑↓
Engraver(s)
In circulation to
Reference(s) MIR#53, Fr#816, Biaggi#1662
Obverse description King mounted on horse riding to the right
Obverse script Latin
Obverse lettering :DNS:M:ADIVTO:ET:EGO:DESPICI:INIMICO:M:
(Translation: Dominus mihi adiutor, et ego despiciam inimicos meos The Lord is my helper, and I look down on my enemies)
Reverse description Second and third quadrants are striped.
Reverse script Latin
Reverse lettering ALFONSV:D:G:R:ARAGO:SICILI:CITRA:VLTRA
(Translation: Alphonse, by God`s Grace, King of Aragon, Sicily on this side and beyond (the Punta of Faro, referring to mainland Sicily which was the Kingdom of Naples))
Edge
Mint
Mintage ND (1442-1458) - -
ND (1442-1458) B - -
Numisquare ID 7023852020
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