★ A beautifully toned pierreale of Pietro I il grande ★

ITALY. Sicilia (Regno). Pietro I il grande (the Great), 1282-1285. Pierreale (Silver, 25 mm, 3.18 g, 10 h), with Constance, Messina. ✠COSTA DEI GRA ARAG SICIL' REGIA Crowned eagle with spread wings in octolobe. Rev. ✠P DEI GRA ARAGON 7 SICIL' REX Shield between three rosettes in octolobe. Biaggi 1304. MEC 14, 763. Spahr 24. A beautifully toned and very attractive piece. Good very fine.

From the collection of Dr. Max Blaschegg (1930-2021, with collector’s ticket), Leu Web Auction 22, 20-21 August 2022, 1952, and that of C. Soler-Cabot, Schweizerischer Bankverein 18, 29 January 1987, 820.