fwo_752788 - ITALY - KINGDOM OF THE TWO SICILIES - FERDINAND II 10 Tornesi, second portrait 1839
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Type : 10 Tornesi, second portrait
Date: 1839
Metal : copper
Diameter : 37,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 31,37 g.
Obverse
Obverse legend : FERDINANDVS II. D. G. REGNI VITR. SIC ET HIER. REX *.
Obverse description : Tête nue à droite de Ferdinand I.
Reverse
Reverse legend : TORNESI / DIECI / 1839.
Reverse description : Couronne.
Historical background
ITALY - KINGDOM OF THE TWO SICILIES - FERDINAND II
(8/11/1830-22/05/1859)
Ferdinand II (01/12/1810-05/22/1859) was the son of François King of the Two Sicilies and Marie-Isabelle de Bourbon. He is the half-brother of the Duchess of Berry, Caroline, the mother of Henri V and the nephew of Marie-Amélie, wife of Louis-Philippe I. He succeeded his father in 1830. He was unable to modernize his kingdom and governed as an autocrat. He died in 1859 and his son succeeded him.
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