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fwo_756295 - ERITREA - KINGDOM OF ITALY - UMBERTO I Tallero ou 5 Lire 1891 Rome

ERITREA - KINGDOM OF ITALY - UMBERTO I Tallero ou 5 Lire 1891 Rome AU NGC
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Price : 750.00 €
Type : Tallero ou 5 Lire
Date: 1891
Mint name / Town : Roma
Quantity minted : 195999
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 800 ‰
Diameter : 40,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 28,12 g.
Edge : cannelée
Rarity : R1
Slab
slab NGC
NGC : AU
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sous coque NGC AU Details CLEANED
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Obverse


Obverse legend : UMBERTO I RE D’ITALIA. 1891.
Obverse description : Son buste couronné à droite ; signé au-dessous SPERANZA.
Obverse translation : (Humbert Ier roi d’Italie).

Reverse


Reverse legend : * COLONIA ERITREA */ * TALLERO *.
Reverse description : Aigle de Savoie déployé et couronné portant sur son poitrail l’écu de Savoie et dans ses pattes un sceptre et un bâton croisés tenant le Collier de la Vierge ; de part et d’autre la valeur faciale en lire, inscriptions en italien, arabe et araméen.
Reverse translation : (colonie d’Érythrée).

Commentary


Ce type est frappé en 1891 et en 1896 seulement. Sur les pièces de tallero manque la lettre de l’atelier monétaire.

Historical background


ERITREA - KINGDOM OF ITALY - UMBERTO I

(20/01/1878-29/07/1900)

Humbert (1844-1900) was the son of Victor-Emmanuel II and Marie-Adélaïde de Habsbourg. He succeeded his father in 1878. He had married his cousin Marguerite de Savoie (1851-1926). He was assassinated by Gaétan Bresci on July 29, 1900. Under his reign, Italy embarked on the colonial adventure. In 1885, the Italians occupied part of East Africa - these territories were later integrated into the colony of Eritrea - and established a protectorate in Somalia. The severe defeat of the Italians of Adoua in 1896 by the troops of Negus Menelik II forced them to recognize the independence of Ethiopia..

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