Live auction - fwo_371369 - COLOMBIA - CHARLES III OF SPAIN Escudo 1762 Popayan
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| Estimate : | 500 € |
| Price : | 250 € |
| Maximum bid : | 250 € |
| End of the sale : | 15 December 2015 18:12:18 |
| bidders : | 1 bidder |
Type : Escudo
Date: 1762
Mint name / Town : Popayan
Metal : gold
Millesimal fineness : 917 ‰
Diameter : 19 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 3,32 g.
Edge : cordonnée
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
L’exemplaire est légèrement décentré et présente une usure régulière
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient de la collection du Docteur Frédéric Nordmann
Obverse
Obverse legend : CAROLS.III.D.G.HISPAN.ET IND.REX // 1762.
Obverse description : Buste drapé et cuirassé de Charles III à droite.
Obverse translation : (Charles III, par la grâce de Dieu, roi d'Espagne et des Indes).
Reverse
Reverse legend : NOMINA MAGNA SEQUOR // *P.N * J.
Reverse description : Écu couronné à multiples quartiers.
Reverse translation : (Je suis les plus Grands noms).
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 Escudo 1762 Popayan VF
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