fwo_595772 - ITALY - KINGDOM OF THE TWO SICILIES - FERDINAND II 5 Tornesi 1849 Naples
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Type : 5 Tornesi
Date: 1849
Mint name / Town : Naples
Quantity minted : -
Metal : copper
Diameter : 32 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 16,94 g.
Edge : cannelée
Coments on the condition:
Coups sur la tranche
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Obverse
Obverse legend : FERDINANDVS II.D.G.REGNI VTR.SIC.ET HIER.REX *.
Obverse description : portrait à droite de Ferdinand II.
Reverse
Reverse legend : TORNESI / CINQUE / 1849.
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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