fwo_526161 - ITALY - KINGDOM OF THE TWO SICILIES - FRANCIS II 2 Tornesi 1859 Naples
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Type : 2 Tornesi
Date: 1859
Mint name / Town : Naples
Metal : copper
Diameter : 24,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 6,68 g.
Edge : en creux
Slab
PCGS : MS64BN
Coments on the condition:
La monnaie est sous coque MS64BN
Obverse
Obverse legend : FRANCISCVS II D. G. REGNI VTR. SIC. ET HIER. REX.
Obverse description : Tête nue de François II à gauche.
Obverse translation : (Ferdinand II par la grâce de Dieu roi de Sicile et de Jérusalem).
Reverse
Reverse legend : TORNESI / 2 / 1859.
Reverse description : Grand lis héraldique.
Historical background
ITALY - KINGDOM OF THE TWO SICILIES - FRANCIS II
(22/05/1859-21/10/1860)
François II (01/16/1836-12/28/1894) was the son of Ferdinand II and Marie-Christine de Savoie. In 1859 he married Marie-Sophie of Bavaria. He succeeded his father in 1859, but failed to impose the necessary reforms. Garibaldi lands in Sicily at the head of the "Thousand" expedition and forces François to flee. After the defeat of Gaeta in 1861, he retired to Rome, then to Paris after 1870. He died in exile in Trento in 1894.
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