Live auction - fwo_968198 - ITALY - KINGDOM OF SICILY - CHARLES III OF SPAIN 1 Oncia d’or 1741 Palerme
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Live starting : Type : 1 Oncia d’or
Date: 1741
Mint name / Town : Palerme
Quantity minted : -
Metal : gold
Millesimal fineness : 906,25 ‰
Diameter : 22 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 4,39 g.
Edge : décorée
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie frappée sur un flan large et irrégulier. Traces d’un ancien nettoyage
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : CAR. D. G. SIC. ET . HIS. REX. HIS. IN.
Obverse description : Buste lauré de Charles à droite.
Reverse
Reverse legend : RESV-RGIT // 1741.
Reverse description : Phénix surgissant de flammes.
Historical background
ITALY - KINGDOM OF SICILY - CHARLES III OF SPAIN
(1734-1759)
Charles III (20/01/1716-14/12/1788) is the eldest son of Philip V's second marriage, that with Elisabeth Farnese. He was successively Duke of Parma (1731-1735) and King of Naples (1735-1759) then he succeeded his half-brother, Ferdinand VI, as King of Spain in 1759. He married Marie-Amélie de Saxe in 1738 who gave him six children. His son Charles IV succeeded him in 1788 as King of Spain and his other son Ferdinand IV as King of Naples and the Two Sicilies (1759-1825).
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