fwo_404337 - SPAIN - KINGDOM OF SPAIN - JOSEPH NAPOLEON 8 Maravedis 1812 Ségovie
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Item sold on our e-shop (2016)
Price : 75.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2016)
Price : 75.00 €
Type : 8 Maravedis
Date: 1812
Mint name / Town : Ségovie
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 31 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 11 g.
Edge : feuillue
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : IOSEPH . NAP . - D .G . HISP . R . // 8 - M. // 1812.
Obverse description : Tête nue de Joseph Napoléon à gauche.
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Armes de Castille et de Léon dans une couronne.
Historical background
SPAIN - KINGDOM OF SPAIN - JOSEPH NAPOLEON
(6/06/1808-11/12/1813)
French troops commanded by Murat invaded Madrid on May 1, 1808. On May 2, "Dos de Mayo" immortalized by Goya, the people rose up. The repression is terrible. On the 5th, by the Treaty of Bayonne, Charles IV abdicated and Ferdinand VII renounced the throne. On June 6, Napoleon chose his brother Joseph to reign over Spain. It was the start of the Spanish Civil War which was Napoleon I's first defeat. On December 11, 1813, the Treaty of Valençay returned the crown to Ferdinand VII, who had been a prisoner since 1808..
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