Live auction - fwo_968197 - COLOMBIA - CHARLES III OF SPAIN 2 Escudos 1772 Popayan
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Live starting : Type : 2 Escudos
Date: 1772
Mint name / Town : Popayan
Quantity minted : -
Metal : gold
Millesimal fineness : 875 ‰
Diameter : 22,59 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 6,68 g.
Edge : cordonnée
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire frappé sur un flan large et plutôt régulier. Léger nettoyage mais une monnaie très agréable pour le type
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : CAROL. III. D. G. - HISP. ET. IND. R. / /.1772..
Obverse description : Buste de Charles III à droite, les cheveux noués par un ruban, cuirassé et drapé, avec le collier de l'Ordre de la Toison d'or ; au-dessous (rose) 1787 (rose).
Obverse translation : (Charles III, par la grâce de Dieu, roi d'Espagne et des Indes).
Reverse
Reverse legend : .AUSPICE. DEO. P - IS. IN UTROQ. FELIX.
Reverse description : Écu couronné à multiples quartiers entouré du collier de l'Ordre de la Toison d'or, accosté de 2-S, coupant la légende en haut et en bas.
Reverse translation : (Sous le regard de Dieu, dans un monde et l'autre).
Historical background
COLOMBIA - CHARLES III OF SPAIN
(1759-1788)
Charles III (20/01/1716-14/12/1788) is the eldest son of Philip V's second marriage, that with Elisabeth Farnese. He was successively Duke of Parma (1731-1735) and King of Naples (1735-1759) then he succeeded his half-brother, Ferdinand VI, as King of Spain in 1759. He married Marie-Amélie de Saxe in 1738 who gave him six children. His son Charles IV succeeded him in 1788 as King of Spain and his other son Ferdinand IV as King of Naples and the Two Sicilies (1759-1825).
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COLOMBIA - CHARLES III OF SPAIN 2 Escudos 1772 Popayan AU
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