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Modern coin – HCR110282

Obverse

Inscription:

FERD.III.P.F.A.SICILIAR.ET HIER.REX.

Design:

Head r. with long hair and radiated crown; below, I8I5.

Reverse

Design:

Pegasus l.; above, V. - B.; below, G.2.

Information

Note

Mint-master: Vincenzo Beninati, 1810-16: initials V - B

Period

Modern

Group

Authority

Sicily: kingdom

Person

Ferdinand IV (I) of Bourbon, king of Naples, king of Sicily, king of the Two Sicilies, 1759 - 1825

Reign

Dating

1815

Mint

Palermo

Denomination

2 grani

Metal

copper

Technique

struck

Measurements
Acquisition
Additional information
Ticket
References
Credit

Weight (g)

5.2

Diameter (mm)

24.5

Reference

Medieval and Modern coins of Italy in the Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford: From Odoacer to Italian Unification, 476-1860/70 :

Reference

B. Cook, S. Locatelli, G. Sarcinelli, L. Travaini - 2020 - The Italian Coins in the British Museum. Volume 1: South Italy, Sicily, Sardinia : 1852

Reference

Spahr, Rodolfo - 1982 - Le Monete Siciliane Dagli Aragonesi Ai Borboni (1282-1836) : 168

Reference

Travaini, L. and Fontana S. - 2013 - Le collezioni della Fondazione Banco di Sicilia. Le monete : le monete siciliane dal Vespro al 1836 : 1157-9

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