fwo_752954 - ERITREA - KINGDOM OF ITALY - UMBERTO I 2 Lire 1890 Rome
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Type : 2 Lire
Date: 1890
Mint name / Town : Roma
Quantity minted : 1000000
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 835 ‰
Diameter : 27 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 9,94 g.
Edge : cannelée
Rarity : R2
Obverse
Obverse legend : UMBERTO I RE D’ITALIA. 1890.
Obverse description : Son buste couronné à droite ; signé au-dessous SPERANZA.
Obverse translation : (Humbert Ier roi d’Italie).
Reverse
Reverse legend : COLONIA ERITREA.
Reverse description : L.2 au centre sous une étoile, dessous caractères éthiopiens sur deux branches de laurier croisées ; à l’exergue R.
Reverse translation : (colonie d’Érythrée).
Historical background
ERITREA - KINGDOM OF ITALY - UMBERTO I
(20/01/1878-29/07/1900)
Humbert (1844-1900) was the son of Victor-Emmanuel II and Marie-Adélaïde de Habsbourg. He succeeded his father in 1878. He had married his cousin Marguerite de Savoie (1851-1926). He was assassinated by Gaétan Bresci on July 29, 1900. Under his reign, Italy embarked on the colonial adventure. In 1885, the Italians occupied part of East Africa - these territories were later integrated into the colony of Eritrea - and established a protectorate in Somalia. The severe defeat of the Italians of Adoua in 1896 by the troops of Negus Menelik II forced them to recognize the independence of Ethiopia..
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