fme_1176915 - ITALY - GRAND DUCHY OF TUSCANY - LEOPOLD II Médaille, Prix de la Société Saint Jean-Baptiste de Florence
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Type : Médaille, Prix de la Société Saint Jean-Baptiste de Florence
Date: 1828
Mint name / Town : Italie, Florence
Metal : silver
Diameter : 42,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Engraver NANNUCCI
Weight : 37,08 g.
Edge : lisse
Puncheon : sans poinçon
Coments on the condition:
Patine grise hétérogène, ayant été légèrement nettoyée. Quelques points d’oxydation et fines rayures
Obverse
Obverse legend : PRAESIDIVM. ET. DVLCE. FLORENTIAE. DECVS..
Obverse description : Saint Jean-Baptiste debout, auréolé, tenant son bâton. Signé : G. NANNVCCI F..
Reverse
Reverse legend : LEOPOLDO. II. / M. E. D. / PIO. MVNIFICO. CLARO / OB. MVLTA. IN. SE / COLLATA. BENEFICIA / SOCIETAS. FLOR. / S. IO. BAPTISTAE. / - / SOCIIS HONORANDIS / - / AN. MDCCCXXVIII..
Reverse description : Légende en 9 lignes.
Historical background
ITALY - GRAND DUCHY OF TUSCANY - LEOPOLD II
(1824-1859)
Leopold II of Tuscany (1797-1870) was the son of Ferdinand III of Tuscany (1769-1824) and Louise of the Two Sicilies (1773-1802). He is the nephew of Emperor Francis I of Habsburg. His sister, Thérèse, married Charles-Albert of Sardinia. He is an ultra-conservative. He succeeded his father in 1824. He was forced to abdicate in 1859 in favor of his son Ferdinand IV (1835-1908) who was himself overthrown the following year. Victor-Emmanuel II becomes king of unified Italy in 1861.
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