fwo_933765 - ITALY - KINGDOM OF ITALY - UMBERTO I 2 Lire 1887 Rome
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Type : 2 Lire
Date: 1887
Mint name / Town : Roma
Quantity minted : 7500000
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 835 ‰
Diameter : 27 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 10,02 g.
Edge : en creux
Obverse
Obverse legend : UMBERTO I - RE D’ITALIA / (DATE).
Obverse description : portrait à droite du roi Humbert Ier.
Reverse
Reverse description : écu de la Maison de Savoie couronné, entre deux rameaux, et inscription L-2.
Historical background
ITALY - KINGDOM OF ITALY - UMBERTO I
(20/01/1878-29.07/1900)
Humbert (1844-1900) was the son of Victor-Emmanuel II and Marie-Adélaïde de Habsbourg. He succeeded his father in 1878. He married his cousin Marguerite de Savoie (1851-1926). He was assassinated by Gaétan Bresci on July 29, 1900. His son Victor-Emmanuel III (1869-1947) succeeded him.
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