fme_873552 - SPAIN - KINGDOM OF SPAIN - CHARLES IV Médaille incus, Union Augusta
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Type : Médaille incus, Union Augusta
Date: 1801
Metal : copper
Diameter : 40,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 30,62 g.
Edge : lisse
Coments on the condition:
Bel exemplaire présentant encore un peu de rouge de frappe autour des reliefs. Frappe légèrement décalée. Présence de quelques marques d’usure
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : UNION AUGUSTA.
Obverse description : Bustes accolés à droite de Charles IV lauré et Marie Louise diadémé. Signé : M. C. S..
Reverse
Reverse legend : INCUS.
Commentary
Exemplaire en frappe incus.
Historical background
SPAIN - KINGDOM OF SPAIN - CHARLES IV
(14/12/1788-19/03/1808)
Charles IV (12/11/1748-19/01/1819) is the son of Charles III and Marie-Amélie de Saxe. He married Marie-Louise de Parme (1751-1819) in 1765. He was dominated by his wife and his prime minister, Manuel Godoy. He was forced to ally himself with revolutionary, then imperial France. The Spanish fleet was decimated at Trafalgar (1805). Napoleon I having views on Spain, he forced Charles IV, then his eldest son, Ferdinand VII, to abdicate in favor of Joseph. Charles retired first to Compiègne, then to Marseilles, before settling in Rome where he died.
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