Sale: Triton XIII, Lot: 1884. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Monday, 4 January 2010.  Sold For $850. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ITALY, Roma. Carlo I d’Angiò. Senator, 1266-1270. AR Grosso rinforzato (4.03 g, 8h). + : CΛROLVS : RЄX · SENΛTOR · VRBIS :, lion advancing left, head facing; lis above / + : ROMA : CAPVD : MVNDI · S · P · Q · R · (double and triple pellet stops), Roma seated facing on throne, holding globe and palm. CNI XV 104 var. (obv. legend); Biaggi 2090; Berman 105. VF. Rare.

From the Leonard O. Greenfield Collection.

The youngest son of Louis VIII and Blanca de Castilla, Charles I d’Anjou received the appanages of the count of Provence and Forcalquier in 1246 though his mother. The following year, his brother, Louis IX, made him the count of Anjou and Le Maine. Seeking to increase his growing dominion, he conquered Sicily in 1266 (though he had received it as a papal grant from Pope Urban IV in 1262), conquered Albania in 1272, purchased Jerusalem in 1277, inherited the Principality of Achaea in 1278, and served three different terms as Senator of Rome, thus making him an influential figure in both France and around the Mediterranean.