fwo_818578 - SPAIN - KINGDOM OF SPAIN - CHARLES III 1/2 Escudo 1772 Madrid
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Price : 180.00 €
Type : 1/2 Escudo
Date: 1772
Mint name / Town : Madrid
Quantity minted : -
Metal : gold
Millesimal fineness : 875 ‰
Diameter : 14,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 1,76 g.
Edge : cannelée
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : CAROL.III - D.G.HISP.R. / 1772.
Obverse description : buste cuirassé à droite de Charles III.
Reverse
Reverse legend : M (COURONNÉ) - P.J..
Reverse description : écu couronné de Castille et Léon entouré du collier de l'Ordre de la Toison d'or.
Historical background
SPAIN - KINGDOM OF SPAIN - CHARLES III
(08/10/1759-12/14/1788)
Charles III (20/01/1716-14/12/1788) is the eldest son of Philip V's second marriage, that with Elisabeth Farnese. He was successively Duke of Parma (1731-1735) and King of Naples (1735-1759) then he succeeded his half-brother, Ferdinand VI, as King of Spain in 1759. He married Marie-Amélie de Saxe in 1738 who gave him six children. His son Charles IV succeeded him in 1788 as King of Spain and his other son Ferdinand IV as King of Naples and the Two Sicilies (1759-1825).
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