fwo_738085 - ITALY - KINGDOM OF THE TWO SICILIES - FERDINAND II 2 Tornesi 1839 Naples
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Type : 2 Tornesi
Date: 1839
Mint name / Town : Naples
Metal : copper
Diameter : 23,38 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 6,18 g.
Edge : lisse
Slab
GENI : AU58
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sous coque GENI AU58
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Obverse
Obverse legend : FERDINANDVS II. D. G. REGNI VTR. SIC. ET HIER. REX.
Obverse description : Tête nue à droite de Ferdinand II des deux Siciles.
Reverse
Reverse legend : TORNESI / DUE / 1839.
Reverse description : Légende sur trois lignes surmontée d’un 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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