fwo_992512 - PERU - CHARLES III 8 Reales 1779 Lima
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Price : 120.00 €
Type : 8 Reales
Date: 1779
Mint name / Town : Lima
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 896 ‰
Diameter : 39,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 26,85 g.
Edge : décorée
Coments on the condition:
Patine aux reflets irisés
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : CAROLUS. III. - DEI. GRATIA // .1779..
Obverse description : Buste lauré à droite de Charles III.
Obverse translation : (Charles III par la grâce de dieu).
Reverse
Reverse legend : .HISPAN. ET IND. REX. MAE. 8 R. M. I..
Reverse description : Écu couronné à cinq quartiers entre les Colonnes d'Hercule avec un bandeau inscrit PLUS - ULTRA.
Reverse translation : (roi des Espagnols et des Indes).
Historical background
PERU - CHARLES III
(1759-14/12/17/1788)
Charles III (20/01/1716-14/12/1788) is the eldest son of the second marriage of Philip V, and Elisabeth Farnese. He was successively Duke of Parma (1731-1735) and King of Naples (1735-1759) then he succeeded his half-brother, Ferdinand VI, as King of Spain in 1759. He married Marie-Amélie de Saxe in 1738 who gave him six children. His son Charles IV succeeded him in 1788 as King of Spain and his other son Ferdinand IV as King of Naples and the Two Sicilies (1759-1825).
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