Modern coin – HCR51549

Obverse

Inscription:

CAROLVS.III - DEI.GRATIA.

Design:

Laureate bust r. with long hair; below, C.P.

Reverse

Inscription:

REX - .SICILIÆ. - ET.HIER. - .1731.

Design:

Cross fleury with globule and crowns at the ends of the arms and loaded with eagle with head l.; on its chest, crowned Austrian shield; under the claws, S - M.

Information

Period

Modern

Group

Authority

Naples: kingdom

Person

Charles VI of Habsburg, Emperor, king of Hungary, king of Sardinia, king of Naples, king of Sicily, duke of Brabant, count of Flanders, 1711-1740

Reign

Dating

1731

Mint

Palermo

Denomination

3 tari

Metal

silver

Technique

struck

Measurements
Acquisition
Additional information
Ticket
References
Credit

Weight (g)

7.32

Diameter (mm)

26.9

Scratched (intentional)

Reference

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

Reference

Spahr, Rodolfo - 1982 - Le Monete Siciliane Dagli Aragonesi Ai Borboni (1282-1836) : 44

Reference

Travaini, L. and Fontana S. - 2013 - Le collezioni della Fondazione Banco di Sicilia. Le monete : le monete siciliane dal Vespro al 1836 : 890

Contributors to this coin record

jmairat, gsarcinelli