Alfonso I of Aragon (1442-1458). Carlino
Obverse
Circular legend between two circles of greneti, within a smooth circle of the coats of arms of Hungary, Jerusalem, Aragon and Naples
Script: Latin
Lettering: ALFONSVS:D:G:R:AR:S:CI:VL
Translation: The Lord helps me
Reverse
Circular legend between two circles of greneti, the crowned King seated on a throne between two lion protomes, holding the scepter on the right and the orb on the left.
Script: Latin
Lettering: DNS:M:ADIVT:ET:EGO:D:IN:M
Translation: Alphons, by God’s Grace, King of Aragon and Sicily
S:CI:VL
Translation: The Lord helps me
25mm, 3.60g
Extremely rare
CNI 4 var. MEC 14, -. D’Andrea-Andreani 69 var. MIR – (cf. 75, but with mintmark).
Good Very Fine and better
This carlino, minted in L’Aquila but without the eaglet as a distinctive mark, has punctuation made up of small circles instead of the usual stars, and this type of punctuation is found only on the royal coins issued by this ruler.
It should be remembered that the carlinos from L’Aquila contained a lower percentage of intrinsic metal than the Neapolitan ones.
Therefore the specimens issued by the mint of the Abruzzo capital often have the eaglet abraded or even missing altogether. This trick was used to pass off the Carlins minted there as coins of good silver.
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