v19_1284 - ITALY - KINGDOM OF NAPLES - JOSEPH NAPOLEON Piastre de 120 grana 1808 Naples
MONNAIES 19 (2004)
Starting price : 420.00 €
Estimate : 550.00 €
Realised price : 420.00 €
Starting price : 420.00 €
Estimate : 550.00 €
Realised price : 420.00 €
Type : Piastre de 120 grana
Date: 1808
Mint name / Town : Naples
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 833,33 ‰
Diameter : 37,9 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 27,47 g.
Edge : inscrite en relief *** CUSTOS *** REGNI *** DEUS
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Usure régulière sur les hauts reliefs. Très belle frappe avec un bon centrage, un très bel exemplaire
Obverse
Obverse legend : IOSEPH NAPOL. D. G. VTR. SICIL. REX.
Obverse description : Tête nue de Joseph à gauche.
Obverse translation : (Joseph Napoléon par la grâce de Dieu roi des Deux-Siciles).
Reverse
Reverse legend : .PRINC. GALLIC. - MAGN. ELECT. IMP.// 1807 .G.120.
Reverse description : Écu couronné soutenu par deux divinités marines.
Reverse translation : (Prince français grand électeur impérial).
Historical background
ITALY - KINGDOM OF NAPLES - JOSEPH NAPOLEON
(30/03/1806-6/08/1808)
Joseph (1768-1844) was the eldest son of Charles Bonaparte (1746-1785) and Laetitia Ramolino (1750-1836) whom he married in 1764. They were the parents of twelve children, nine of whom survived. Joseph is Napoleon's older brother. A lawyer, he was ambassador to Rome and signed the treaties of Lunéville (1801) and Amiens (1802) as well as the Concordat (1801). Grand Elector in 1804, he was promoted to King of Naples in 1806 and remained so until 1808. He then became King of Spain (1808-1813). He emigrated to the United States (1815 to 1832 and 1837 to 1839), lived in England between 1832 and 1837 and in 1839-1841. He finally retired to Florence. He married Julie Clary in 1794, Désirée's sister, from whom he had three daughters..
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