Live auction - fwo_903738 - ITALY - GRAND DUCHY OF TUSCANY - LEOPOLD II Francescone ou 4 Fiorini 1846 Florence
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| Estimate : | 600 € |
| Price : | 430 € |
| Maximum bid : | 450 € |
| End of the sale : | 04 June 2024 18:22:11 |
| bidders : | 4 bidders |
Type : Francescone ou 4 Fiorini
Date: 1846
Mint name / Town : Florence
Quantity minted : 90300
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 916 ‰
Diameter : 41 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 27,48 g.
Edge : inscrite : QUATTRO FIORINI . . DIECI PAOLI .
Slab
PCGS : MS61
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sous coque PCGS MS61
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : LEOPOLDO II. D. G. P. I. A. P. R. H. ET B. A. A. MAGN. DVX ETR. .
Obverse description : Tête nue à droite du Grand-duc Léopold II ; au-dessous signature NIDERÖST.
Reverse
Reverse legend : SVSCEPTOR NOSTER DEVS // PISIS 1846.
Reverse description : Fleur de lis, au-dessous FIORINO.
Reverse translation : (Cent quattrini).
Historical background
ITALY - GRAND DUCHY OF TUSCANY - LEOPOLD II
(1824-1859)
Leopold II of Tuscany (1797-1870) was the son of Ferdinand III of Tuscany (1769-1824) and Louise of the Two Sicilies (1773-1802). He is the nephew of Emperor Francis I of Habsburg. His sister, Thérèse, married Charles-Albert of Sardinia. He is an ultra-conservative. He succeeded his father in 1824. He was forced to abdicate in 1859 in favor of his son Ferdinand IV (1835-1908) who was himself overthrown the following year. Victor-Emmanuel II becomes king of unified Italy in 1861.
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