Live auction - fwo_340816 - SPAIN - KINGDOM OF SPAIN - CHARLES III 8 escudos 1774 Madrid
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| Estimate : | 2 800 € |
| Price : | no bid |
| Maximum bid : | no bid |
| End of the sale : | 03 December 2014 17:10:32 |
Type : 8 escudos
Date: 1774
Mint name / Town : Madrid
Metal : gold
Millesimal fineness : 875 ‰
Diameter : 36,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 27,12 g.
Edge : striée
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Cette pièce est frappé sur un flan large et régulier. Légère usure au niveau du buste. Exemplaire présentant de hauts reliefs au revers et ayant conservé l’essentiel de son brillant de frappe au revers. Petite rayure entre le l’E et l’L de FELIX
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Exemplaire provenant de MONNAIES 58, n° 311
Obverse
Obverse legend : CAROL. III. D. G. - HISP. ET. IND. R..
Obverse description : Buste de Charles III à droite, les cheveux noués par un ruban, cuirassé et drapé, avec le collier de l'Ordre de la Toison d'or ; au-dessous .1774..
Obverse translation : (Charles III, par la grâce de Dieu, roi d'Espagne et des Indes).
Reverse
Reverse legend : .AUSPICE. DEO. (MM) - .(M COURONNÉE). IN UTROQ. FELIX..
Reverse description : Écu couronné à multiples quartiers entouré du collier de l'Ordre de la Toison d'or, accosté de 4-S, coupant la légende en haut et en bas.
Reverse translation : (Sous le regard de Dieu, dans un monde et l'autre).
Commentary
Rare variété avec le 4 du millésime regravé sur un 3.
Historical background
SPAIN - KINGDOM OF SPAIN - CHARLES III
(08/10/1759-12/14/1788)
Charles III (20/01/1716-14/12/1788) is the eldest son of Philip V's second marriage, that with 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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