v16_1445 - 5 centesimi 1806 Florence VG.1476
MONNAIES 16 (2002)
Starting price : 135.00 €
Estimate : 270.00 €
Realised price : 315.00 €
Number of bids : 8
Maximum bid : 410.00 €
Starting price : 135.00 €
Estimate : 270.00 €
Realised price : 315.00 €
Number of bids : 8
Maximum bid : 410.00 €
Type : 5 centesimi
Date: 1806
Mint name / Town : Florence
Quantity minted : 71500
Metal : copper
Diameter : 29 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 10,34 g.
Edge : lisse
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Faible usure sur les parties hautes du relief. Patine marron avec des restes de rouge dans les légendes. Superbes portraits
Obverse
Obverse legend : FELICE ED ELISA PP. DI LUCCA E PIOMBINO..
Obverse description : Bustes accolés d'Élisa diadémée et drapée et de Félix tête nue à gauche.
Obverse translation : (Félix et Élisa souverains de Lucques et Piombino).
Reverse
Reverse legend : PRINCIPATO DI LUCCA E PIOMBINO *.
Reverse description : Légende circulaire et au centre en trois lignes : 5 / CENTESIMI / 1806.
Reverse translation : (Principauté de Lucques et Piombino).
Historical background
ITALY - PRINCIPALTY OF LUCCA AND PIOMBINO - FELIX BACCIOCHI AND ELISA BONAPARTE
(1805-1814)
Félix Bacciochi (18/05/1762-28/04/1841) is a Corsican compatriot of Napoleon. He married Élisa Bonaparte on May 1, 1797 (3/01/1777-7/08/1820). Élisa, Napoleon's favorite sister, was the first to have a principality on June 26, 1805. First Princess of Piombino, she then received the Principality of Lucca. In 1809, the management of the Grand Duchy of Tuscany was added. Residing in Florence, Élisa fulfills her mission and carefully manages the territories entrusted to her by her brother. In 1814, she had to flee, taking refuge in Bologna, then in Brünn during the Hundred Days. She retired to Trieste and died there in 1820.
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