Definição

• A silver coin of the value of half a Carlino, issued by Ferdinand I of Aragon, as king of Naples and Sicily (1458- 1494). It obtains its name from the figure of an ermine on the reverse.

  The type was copied by his successors, Alfonso II and Ferdinand II, and also by Francesco Maria I, Duke of Urbino (1508- 1513). The ermine being mistaken for a fox ( volpe ), the coin received the nick- name of Volpetta.

Fonte

• Frey's Dictionary (American Journal of Numismatics, Vol. 50, 1916)

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