1296-1337 ITALY - SICILY, KINGDOM - FEDERICO (FREDERICK) III OF ARAGON, - Pierreale or Carlino n.d., Messina xf

weight 3,30gr. | silver Ø 25mm.

obv. Eagle with open wings in treasure with eight annulets
in angles, within dotted circle, surrounded by the legend
✠ FRIDЄRICK′ T⋮D′I⋮’RЄX⋮SICIL′
rev. Crowned shield of Aragon between ★ - ★, above ★
in treasure, with eight annulets in angles, within dotted circle,
surrounded by the legend ✠DUC′:APUL′•PRINCIPAT′.CAPUЄ
Federico (Frederick) III was born at Barcelona on 13 December 1272, third son of Peter III of Aragon and Constance of Sicily. When his father died in 1285, he left the Kingdom of Aragon to his eldest son, Alfonso, and that of Sicily to his second son, James (Giacomo). When Alfonso died in 1291, James became king of Aragon and left Frederick as regent in Sicily. Frederick was elected king by the Sicilian parliament (11 December 1295), to prevent the island′s return to the rule of the Angevin Charles II of Naples he was crowned on 25 March 1296. To revive the Ghibelline tradition of the Holy Roman emperors Frederick I and II, he called himself Frederick III, though he was in fact only the second Frederick to reign in Sicily. A war with Naples and the papacy followed. By the Peace of Caltabellotta (31 August 1302), it was agreed that Frederick should retain Sicily with the title of ″king of Trinacria″ until his death, when the island would revert to the Angevins. When hostilities broke out again in 1310, Frederick reassumed the title ″king of Sicily″ and had his son Peter designated as his successor, thus ensuring the continuance of Aragonese rule in Sicily. Frederick died on 25 June 1337 at Paterno (Sicily) The pierreale (plural pierreali, i.e. "reale of Peter") was a silver coin minted by the Kingdom of Trinacria (Sicily) between the reigns of Peter I (1282–1285) and Ferdinand II (1479–1516). It was equivalent in weight and fineness to the Neapolitan carlino and was sometimes called a carlino. It carried on the obverse the imperial eagle, the favoured emblem of the Staufer dynasty of Peter I′s queen, Constance II, and on the reverse the arms of Aragon, representing Peter′s native kingdom. The design deliberately contrasted with that of the carlino. After Alfonso I′s conquest of Naples in 1442, he replaced the arms with an image of the seated ruler (in imitation of the carlino) and replaced the eagle with the quartered arms of Aragon and Naples.

Biaggi 1311var. | Spahr 1959, 2/33 | cf. MEC Italy, no.773
MIR (Varesi) 184
A very attractive specimen with excellent details.
Rare in this high state of preservation.
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