coin – HCR51452

Obverse

Inscription:

FERDIN • I • H • I • D • G • PAR • PL A• VAS • DVX

Design:

In the central field: Head to right with long hair tied with a ribbon at the nape of the neck. On the neckline, in very small raised characters: SILI· Under *

Reverse

Inscription:

In a garland of two laurel branches tied at the bottom, on five lines: LIRE / SEl / DI / PARMA / J796 On the sides of the knot: D G

Information

Note

The letters "D G" identify this coins issued since 1793 and intended to replace previous coins whose intrinsic value was too low (BAZZINI 2018, p. 374).

Period

Group

Authority

Parma and Piacenza: duchy

Person

Ferdinando I di Borbone Parma, duke of Parma, Piacenza, and Guastella, 1765-1802

Reign

Dating

1796

Mint

Parma

Denomination

Metal

silver

Technique

struck

Measurements
Acquisition
Additional information
Ticket
References
Credit

Weight (g)

7.34

Diameter (mm)

28.2

Reference

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

Reference

1925 - Corpus Nummorum Italicorum. Primo tentativo di un catalogo generale delle monete medievali e moderne coniate in Italia o da italiani in altri paesi. IX, Emilia (parte I), Parma, Piacenza, Modena, Reggio : p. 549, no. 152

Contributors to this coin record

jmairat, rbruni