v37_1583 - ITALY - GRAND DUCHY OF TUSCANY - LEOPOLD II Zecchino (sequin) 1824 Florence

ITALY - GRAND DUCHY OF TUSCANY - LEOPOLD II Zecchino (sequin) 1824 Florence AU

MONNAIES 37 (2009)
Starting price : 950.00 €
Estimate : 1 500.00 €
Realised price : 950.00 €
Number of bids : 1
Maximum bid : 1 100.00 €

Type : Zecchino (sequin)

Date: 1824

Mint name / Town : Florence

Quantity minted : ---

Metal : gold

Millesimal fineness : 998 ‰

Diameter : 21,96 mm

Orientation dies : 6 h.

Weight : 3,46 g.

Edge : striée

Rarity : R2

Coments on the condition:

Petite faiblesse de frappe sur le lys au droit, quelques légères marques de manipulation et hairlines dans les champs. Sinon superbe exemplaire avec la quasi totalité du brillant d’origine et une jolie lumière

Catalogue references :

M.312

Obverse

Obverse legend : LEOPOLDVS II. D. G. A. A. M. D. ETR./ S. *..

Obverse description : Lys florentin au centre.

Reverse

Reverse legend : S. IOANNES BAPTISTA/ 1824.

Reverse description : Saint Jean-Baptiste à gauche, assis, tenant la croix dans sa main gauche.

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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Historical background

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(1824-1859)

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