fwo_888915 - ITALY - KINGDOM OF ITALY - VICTOR-EMMANUEL II 5 Lire 1870 Milan
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Price : 20.00 €
Type : 5 Lire
Date: 1870
Mint name / Town : Milan
Quantity minted : 5969156
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 900 ‰
Diameter : 37 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 25,04 g.
Edge : en creux
Obverse
Obverse legend : VITTORIO EMANUELE II.
Obverse description : Tête nue de Victor-Emmanuel II à droite avec signature FERRARIS ; au-dessous, le millésime.
Obverse translation : (Victor-Emmanuel II).
Reverse
Reverse legend : REGNO - D'ITALIA./ L. 5.
Reverse description : Écu de Savoie couronné entouré du collier de l'Ordre de l’Annonciade entre deux branches d'olivier.
Reverse translation : (Royaume d'Italie).
Historical background
ITALY - KINGDOM OF ITALY - VICTOR-EMMANUEL II
(17/03/1861-9/01/1878)
Victor-Emmanuel II (14/03/1820-9/01/1878), son of Charles-Albert and Thérèse of Tuscany, succeeded his father who abdicated in 1849. In twelve years, with the help of Cavour and the alliance of France, he will reconstitute the kingdom of Italy for his benefit in 1861 but he does not take Rome until 1870.
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