Live auction - fwo_498547 - SPAIN - KINGDOM OF SPAIN - CHARLES IV 2 Escudos 1799 Madrid
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| Estimate : | 450 € |
| Price : | 320 € |
| Maximum bid : | 320 € |
| End of the sale : | 11 September 2018 18:14:08 |
| bidders : | 2 bidders |
Type : 2 Escudos
Date: 1799
Mint name / Town : Madrid
Quantity minted : -
Metal : gold
Millesimal fineness : 875 ‰
Diameter : 22 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 6,8 g.
Edge : cordonnée
Rarity : R1
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : CAROL. IIII. D. G. - HISP. ET IND. R./ .1799..
Obverse description : Buste de Charles IV drapé et cuirassé à droite avec le bijou de la Toison d'or suspendu à son vêtement.
Obverse translation : (Charles IV par la grâce de Dieu, roi d'Espagne et des Indes).
Reverse
Reverse legend : IN UTROQ. FELIX. - .AUSPICE. DEO/ .M. - .MF..
Reverse description : Écu couronné écartelé en dix pièces : 1 Aragon, 2 Aragon-Sicile, 3 Autriche, 4 Bourgogne moderne, 5 Parme, 6 Toscane, 7 Bourgogne ancien, 8 Flandre, 9 Tyrol, 10 Brabant ; et posé sur le tout écartelé aux 1 et 4 de Castille, aux 2 et 3 de Léon, enté de Grenade ; sur le tout, écu de Bourbon ; le tout entouré du collier de l'ordre de la Toison d'or. 2 - S.
Reverse translation : (Sous le regard de Dieu dans un monde et l'autre).
Commentary
Ce type est frappé entre 1788 et 1808 à Madrid. Avec les lettres d'ensayador MF, les pièces furent fabriquées entre 1788 et 1801.
Historical background
SPAIN - KINGDOM OF SPAIN - CHARLES IV
(14/12/1788-19/03/1808)
Charles IV (12/11/1748-19/01/1819) is the son of Charles III and Marie-Amélie de Saxe. He married Marie-Louise de Parme (1751-1819) in 1765. He was dominated by his wife and his prime minister, Manuel Godoy. He was forced to ally himself with revolutionary, then imperial France. The Spanish fleet was decimated at Trafalgar (1805). Napoleon I having views on Spain, he forced Charles IV, then his eldest son, Ferdinand VII, to abdicate in favor of Joseph. Charles retired first to Compiègne, then to Marseilles, before settling in Rome where he died.
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