fwo_898398 - ITALY - KINGDOM OF SARDINIA - VICTOR-EMMANUEL II 20 Lire 1857 Gênes
980.00 €(Approx. 1019.20$ | 813.40£)
Quantity
Add to your cart
Type : 20 Lire
Date: 1857
Mint name / Town : Gênes
Quantity minted : 67415
Metal : gold
Millesimal fineness : 900 ‰
Diameter : 21 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 6,45 g.
Edge : striée
Rarity : R1
Slab
PCGS : 61
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie sous coque PCGS MS61
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : VICTORIVS. EMMANVEL. II. D. G. REX. SARD. CYP. ET HIER..
Obverse description : Tête nue de Victor-Emmanuel à gauche ; au-dessous, 1857.
Obverse translation : (Victor-Emmanuel II par la grâce de Dieu, roi de Sardaigne, de Chypre et de Jérusalem).
Reverse
Reverse legend : DVX. SAB. GENVAE ET. - MONTISF. PRINC. PED. &/ L 20.
Reverse description : Écu couronné entouré du collier de l'Ordre de l’Annonciade entre deux branches d'olivier.
Reverse translation : (Duc de Savoie, Gênes et Montferrat, prince du Piémont etc).
Historical background
ITALY - KINGDOM OF SARDINIA - VICTOR-EMMANUEL II
(24/03/1849-17/03/1861)
Victor-Emmanuel II (14/03/1820-9/01/1878), son of Charles-Albert and Thérèse of Tuscany, succeeded his father who abdicated in 1849. In twelve years, with the help of Cavour and the alliance of France, he will reconstitute the kingdom of Italy for his benefit in 1861 but he does not take Rome until 1870.
Report a mistake
Print the page
Share my selection
Ask a question
Consign / sellRelated articles
Full data
cgbfr.com numismatists
