fwo_965907 - ITALY - KINGDOM OF THE TWO SICILIES - FERDINAND II 120 Grana 1854 Naples
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Type : 120 Grana
Date: 1854
Mint name / Town : Naples
Quantity minted : -
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 833,33 ‰
Diameter : 37 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 27,57 g.
Edge : inscrite en creux PROVIDENCIA OPTIMI PRINCIPI +
Obverse
Obverse legend : FERDINANDVS II. / DEI GRATIA REX // 1854.
Obverse description : Portrait à droite de Ferdinand II des Deux-Siciles.
Reverse
Reverse legend : REGNI VTR. - SIC. ET HIER. // G.120.
Reverse description : Armes couronnées de Bourbon-Sicile.
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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