★ A darkly toned carlino of Alfonso I il Magnanimo ★

ITALY. Sicilia (Regno). Alfonso I il Magnanimo (the Magnanimous), 1416-1458. Carlino (Silver, 26 mm, 3.59 g, 1 h), Naples. ✠DNS M ADIVT ET EGO D I M Alfonso seated facing with scepter, crown and orb, S in left field. Rev. ✠ALFONSVS D G R AR S C V F Arms of Aragon, Jerusalem, Anjou and Hungary. Biaggi 1663. MEC 14, 861. MIR 72/6. Darkly toned and very attractive. Extremely fine.

From the collection of Dr. Max Blaschegg (1930-2021, with collector’s ticket), ex Schweizerischer Bankverein 69, 23-25 January 2007, 2935.