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Modern coin – HCR51554

Obverse

Inscription:

CAR.D.G.SIC.ET.HIE.R.

Design:

Bust r. with long hair.

Reverse

Inscription:

RE. - SI - . - ET - .HI., below 17S1

Design:

Crowned facing eagle with head l. (the wings interrupt the legend).

Information

Period

Modern

Group

Authority

Naples: kingdom

Person

Charles of Bourbon, king of Sicily (III), king of Naples, king of Spain (III), duke of Parma and Piacenza, 1731-1788

Reign

Dating

1751

Mint

Palermo

Denomination

1/2 tari

Metal

silver

Technique

struck

Measurements
Acquisition
Additional information
Ticket
References
Credit

Weight (g)

1.12

Diameter (mm)

15.8

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 : 1641

Reference

Spahr, Rodolfo - 1982 - Le Monete Siciliane Dagli Aragonesi Ai Borboni (1282-1836) : 140

Reference

Travaini, L. and Fontana S. - 2013 - Le collezioni della Fondazione Banco di Sicilia. Le monete : le monete siciliane dal Vespro al 1836 : 991-5

Contributors to this coin record

jmairat, gsarcinelli