| Numismatica Ars Classica > Auction 159 | Auction date: 5 November 2025 |
| Lot number: 264 Price realized: 30,000 CHF (Approx. 37,074 USD / 32,261 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: The Second House of Anjou Ladislas of Anjou-Durazzo, 1386 – 1414. Roma. Grosso (8 June-10 August 1414), AR 2.56 g. +: LADISLAVS:REX:ETC' Arms of Anjou-Durazzo. Rev. +: SANCTVS: keys in saltire :PETRVS: blindfolded head l. (unknown mintmaster): Large keys in saltire. Muntoni IV, 1. Berman 265. MIR 273 (this coin illustrated). Of the highest rarity, apparently only four specimens known. An issue of great historical importance. Extremely fine Ex Santamaria 25th January 1954, Signorelli IV, 75; Montenapoleone 1, 1982, Santamaria 1011; NAC 26th-27th October 1995, Autumn sale 95, 1447 and Goldberg 48, 2008, 2748 sales. This grosso is without a doubt the silent witness of one of the most troubled periods of the Papacy's history and, consequently, of Italian and European history. The Western Schism , the wars for the domain of various Italian territories and, especially, the kingdoms of Naples and Sicily, the struggle between the big feudal lords' families, the continuous riots of the Roman population, made the Holy See grow more precarious and confused. Between 1413 and 1414 Ladislas of Durazzo, king of Naples, made Nicolo de' Diano (whom he nominated senator of the Urbe) strike these coins off in Rome while the City was briefly occupied. At the same time Antipope John XXIII fleed because he was abandoned by Louis II of Anjou, who. had previously brought him there from Bologna in 1411. On his flags Ladislas (who had imperial aims) inscribed the motto "Aut Caesar aut nihil" which was later assumed by Cesare Borgia, il Valentino, natural son of Alessandro VI. Estimate: 25000 CHF |  |
Match 1:
| Numismatica Ars Classica > Auction 159 | Auction date: 5 November 2025 |
| Lot number: 247 Price realized: 750 CHF (Approx. 927 USD / 807 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: The Second House of Anjou Ladislas of Anjou-Durazzo, 1386 – 1414. Denaro (1386-1390; 1399-1414), billon 0.55 g. + LADISLAVS D G REX Cross potent quartered with crosslets. Rev. HVNGARIE IERL E S Arms of Hungary and Anjou. Pannuti-Riccio 3. MEC, XIV unlisted but commentary p. 242. MIR 43. Extremely rare. Very fine Ex NAC sale 53, 2009, 114.The situation in the kingdom at the death of Charles III was rather confused because of the presence of two pretenders to the succession. Charles' son, Ladislas, was only ten years old so his mother Margherita proclaimed him king, but the pro-French barons, among whom the Sanseverino and the Balzo-Orsini, arose and proclaimed king Louis II of Anjou-Valois, also a minor, occupying most of the realm in his name. Ladislas and his mother were forced to take refuge in the fortress of Gaeta. A stalemate was then created, since neither of the two groups was able to annihilate the other. As if that were not enough, those same years (1378-1414) were the theatre of the Western Schism. Since the church of Rome considered the kingdom of Naples to be a vassal, she believed she had the right to put someone she liked on that throne, and therefore Popes and antipopes supported now one and now the other of the contenders. For several years, the outcome of the struggle was uncertain, also because of the inclusion in the context of an uncomfortable third party, in the figure of Pontiff Urban VI, who claimed the entire ancient kingdom of Sicily as the property of the Holy See, while in reality he aimed to settle one of his nephews there. But in the end Ladislas managed to prevail over the opponents. Having come to terms with the successors of Urban VI and having skilfully got on the side of the powerful Sanseverino family, he made a vacuum around Louis II and made him abandon Naples, where he could get in on the 10th of July 1399. Estimate: 500 CHF |  |
Match 2:
| Numismatica Ars Classica > Auction 159 | Auction date: 5 November 2025 |
| Lot number: 251 Price realized: 200 CHF (Approx. 247 USD / 215 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: The Second House of Anjou Ladislas of Anjou-Durazzo, 1386 – 1414. Guardiagrele. Bolognino (1391), AR 0.64 g. Lis LADISLAVS R In field, G:V:A:R around rosette. Rev. S LEO PAPA Bust of St. Leo; brooch as large flower. MEC XIV, 730-732 var. MIR 460. D'Andrea-Andreani unlisted. Very fine Ex Artemide sale XLVI, 2016, 630. Estimate: 150 CHF |  |
Match 3:
| Numismatica Ars Classica > Auction 159 | Auction date: 5 November 2025 |
| Lot number: 252 Price realized: 150 CHF (Approx. 185 USD / 161 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: The Second House of Anjou Ladislas of Anjou-Durazzo, 1386 – 1414. Guardiagrele. Bolognino (1391), AR 0.88 g. Lis LADISLAVS R In field, G:V:A:R around rosette. Rev. S LEO PAPA Bust of St. Leo; brooch as large flower. MEC XIV, 730-732 var. MIR 460 var. D'Andrea-Andreani unlisted. Very fine Ex Artemide sale XLVI, 2016, 636. Estimate: 100 CHF |  |
Match 4:
| Numismatica Ars Classica > Auction 159 | Auction date: 5 November 2025 |
| Lot number: 257 Price realized: 120 CHF (Approx. 148 USD / 129 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: The Second House of Anjou Ladislas of Anjou-Durazzo, 1386 – 1414. L'Aquila. Bolognino (circa 1395-1403?), AR 0.79 g. + LADISLAVS REX In field, the letters A•Q•L•A around pellet. Rev. S PETRVS [...] Fe Bust of St. Pier Celestino facing; brooch as rosette, below three annulets arranged in cross. MEC XIV, 733. MIR 53 var. D'Andrea-Andreani unlisted. Very fine Ex Artemide sale XLVI, 2016, 647. Estimate: 100 CHF |  |
Match 5:
| Numismatica Ars Classica > Auction 159 | Auction date: 5 November 2025 |
| Lot number: 260 Price realized: 80 CHF (Approx. 99 USD / 86 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: The Second House of Anjou Ladislas of Anjou-Durazzo, 1386 – 1414. L'Aquila. Bolognino (circa 1404-1414?), AR 0.67 g. + LADISLAVS REX In field, the letters A•Q•L•A around pellet. Rev. S P[...] F+ Half figure of St Pier Celestino blessing and holding cross on shaft in l. hand; brooch invisible. MEC XIV, 734. MIR 54 var. D'Andrea-Andreani 23 var. Very fine Ex Artemide sale XLVI, 2016, 644. Estimate: 100 CHF |  |
