fwo_968013 - ITALY - KINGDOM OF ITALY - UMBERTO I 5 Lire 1879 Rome
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Type : 5 Lire
Date: 1879
Mint name / Town : Roma
Quantity minted : 4000000
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 900 ‰
Diameter : 37 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 24,86 g.
Edge : incuse
Obverse
Obverse legend : UMBERTO I - RE D’ITALIA.
Obverse description : Tête nue de Victor-Emmanuel II à droite avec signature SPERANZA ; au-dessous, le millésime.
Reverse
Reverse legend : L-5 / R.
Reverse description : Écu de Savoie couronné entouré du collier de l'Ordre de l’Annonciade entre deux branches d'olivier.
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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