Live auction - fwo_424396 - SPAIN - KINGDOM OF SPAIN - ALFONSO XII 25 Pesetas 1878 Madrid
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| Estimate : | 350 € |
| Price : | 320 € |
| Maximum bid : | 340 € |
| End of the sale : | 01 August 2017 18:40:08 |
| bidders : | 3 bidders |
Type : 25 Pesetas
Date: 18-77 dans les étoiles
Date: 1878
Mint name / Town : Madrid
Quantity minted : 5192000
Metal : gold
Millesimal fineness : 900 ‰
Diameter : 24 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 8,06 g.
Edge : en relief
Coments on the condition:
La monnaie a été légèrement nettoyée
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ALFONSO XII - POR LA G. DE DIOS.
Obverse description : Tête nue d'Alphonse XII à droite ; au-dessous *1878*.
Obverse translation : (Alphonse par la grâce de Dieu).
Reverse
Reverse legend : DE ESPANA REY CONSTL./ DE. 25 PESETAS .M..
Reverse description : Écu écartelé à cinq quartiers au 1 de Castille, au 2 de Léon, au 3 d'Aragon au 4 de Navarre, enté de Grenade en pointe, sur le tout, petit écu de Bourbon posé sur un manteau couronné entouré du collier de l'Ordre de la Toison d'Or.
Reverse translation : (Roi constitutionnel d'Espagne).
Commentary
Ce type fut frappé entre 1876 et 1881..
This type was minted between 1876 and 1881.
This type was minted between 1876 and 1881.
Historical background
SPAIN - KINGDOM OF SPAIN - ALFONSO XII
(29/12/1874-25/12/1885)
Alphonse XII (28/11/1857-25/12/1885) is the son of Isabella II who abdicated in her favor in 1868. After the eviction of Amédée de Savoie, king from 1871 to 1873, the republic is proclaimed on February 11, 1873 but Alphonse XII was restored to the Spanish throne on December 29, 1874. He married Maria Mercedes de Bourbon (1860-1878) then in 1879 Marie-Christine of Austria (1858-1929) who gave him a posthumous son , the future Alfonso XIII.
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