Live auction - fwo_839947 - SAVOY - DUCHY OF SAVOY - CHARLES-EMMANUEL III Quart d’écu nouveau, 2e type (quarto di scudo nuovo) 1755 Turin
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| Estimate : | 600 € |
| Price : | 520 € |
| Maximum bid : | 700 € |
| End of the sale : | 05 September 2023 19:16:43 |
| bidders : | 4 bidders |
Type : Quart d’écu nouveau, 2e type (quarto di scudo nuovo)
Date: 1755
Mint name / Town : Turin
Metal : silver
Diameter : 30 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 8,81 g.
Edge : feuillue
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Ce quart d’écu est frappé sur un flan plutôt large et régulier. De petites faiblesses dans les légendes mais un exemplaire très agréable avec de jolis reliefs dans l’ensemble. Belle patine grise
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : CAR. EM. D. G. REX. SAR. CYP. ET. IER..
Obverse description : Buste frapé et cuirassé à gauche de Charles-Emmanuel III ; au-dessous 1755.
Obverse translation : (Charles-Emmanuel, par la grâce de Dieu, roi de Sardaigne, Chypre et Jérusalem).
Reverse
Reverse legend : DVX. SAB. ET. MONTISFER. PRINC. PEDEM. &..
Reverse description : Écu rond à multiples quartiers sommé d’une couronne à laquelle est appendu le collier de l’Ordre de saint Maurice.
Reverse translation : (Duc de Savoie et Montferrat, prince de Piémont, etc.).
Historical background
SAVOY - DUCHY OF SAVOY - CHARLES-EMMANUEL III
(1730-1773)
Charles-Emmanuel III was born on April 27, 1701 from the union of Victor-Amédée II and Anne d'Orléans. In 1722, he married Christine Louise of Bavaria-Sulzbach who died on March 18, 1723. He married in second marriage Polyxene of Hesse. In 1730, he acceded to the throne of Savoy after the abdication of his father. He allied with the French in 1733 during the War of Succession. On January 13, 1735, his second wife died and he married for the third time, on April 1, 1737, Thérèse Élisabeth de Lorraine who died four years later. He died in Turin in 1773, aged 72..
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