ITALY, Sicilia (Regno). Carlo I d'Angiò. 1266-1282. AV Tarì (12mm, 0.89 g, 6h). Uncertain ( Barletta, Brindisi, or Messina) mint. + · KAROL’ · RЄX ·, large ornate K; pellet to left and right / + · SIC IL’ ·, coat-of-arms. Grierson, Coins of Medieval Europe 254 ; CNI XVIII 13 (Barletta); Spahr 5 (Messina); MIR 138; MEC 14, 625; Friedberg 77 (Barletta). Toned, flan a little ragged. VF. Extremely rare.

From the Richard A. Jourdan Collection of Medieval European Coins. Ex Dr. Lawrence A. Adams Collection (Part I, Classical Numismatic Group 100, 7 October 2015) lot 746, purchased from M. Louis Teller, July 1978.