v18_2522 - ITALY - KINGDOM OF ITALY - VICTOR-EMMANUEL II 20 lires or 1878 Rome
MONNAIES 18 (2003)
Starting price : 85.00 €
Estimate : 135.00 €
Realised price : 110.00 €
Number of bids : 5
Maximum bid : 155.00 €
Starting price : 85.00 €
Estimate : 135.00 €
Realised price : 110.00 €
Number of bids : 5
Maximum bid : 155.00 €
Type : 20 lires or
Date: 1878
Mint name / Town : Roma
Quantity minted : 315794
Metal : gold
Millesimal fineness : 900 ‰
Diameter : 21 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 6,45 g.
Edge : cannelée
Coments on the condition:
Une petite tache noire sur le portrait. Exemplaire superbe avec son brillant d’origine
Obverse
Obverse legend : VITTORIO EMANUELE II.
Obverse description : Tête nue de Victor-Emmanuel II à gauche ; au-dessous signature FERRARIS et le millésime.
Obverse translation : (Victor-Emmanuel II).
Reverse
Reverse legend : REGNO - D'ITALIA./ L. 20.
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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