Live auction - fwo_1117180 - ITALY - KINGDOM OF NAPLES - CHARLES III 120 Grana 1734 Naples

ITALY - KINGDOM OF NAPLES - CHARLES III 120 Grana 1734 Naples XF

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Starting price :	180 €
Estimate :	350 €
Price :	200 €
Maximum bid :	200 €
End of the sale :	12 May 2026 18:40:19
bidders :	3 bidders

Type : 120 Grana

Date: 1734

Mint name / Town : Naples

Quantity minted : -

Metal : silver

Diameter : 39,57 mm

Orientation dies : 6 h.

Weight : 25,02 g.

Edge : décorée

Catalogue references :

Mont.150 - Mont.53

Obverse

Obverse legend : CAR.D.G.REX.NEA.HISP.INFANS & C: // (G:120).

Obverse description : écu couronné.

Obverse translation : (Charles par la grâce de Dieu roi de Naples infant d’Espagne).

Reverse

Reverse legend : DE SOCIO PRINCEPS // D’1734 G..

Reverse description : allégorie du Sebeto se jetant dans la mer avec dans le fond le Vésuve.

Commentary

A partir de 1734, Charles de Bourbon, infant d’Espagne part la conquête de la Sicile et de Naples jusqu’alors sous domination des Habsbourg. En 1734, il devient roi de Naples sous le nom de Charles VII puis en 1732 roi de Sicile sous le nom de . Il fait construire le Palais de Caserte, le “Versailles napolitain”. En 1758, il succède à son demi-frère Ferdinand VI sur le trône d’Espagne. Son second fils Charles IV lui succède sur le trône du royaume de Naples.
Le Sebeto est une rivière qui traverse Naples et se jette dans la baie. Elle est désormais couverte.
From 1734, Charles of Bourbon, Infante of Spain, set out to conquer Sicily and Naples, which had been under Habsburg rule until then. In 1734, he became King of Naples under the name of Charles VII, then in 1732 King of Sicily under the name of . He had the Palace of Caserta, the “Neapolitan Versailles,” built. In 1758, he succeeded his half-brother Ferdinand VI on the throne of Spain. His second son Charles IV succeeded him on the throne of the Kingdom of Naples. The Sebeto is a river that runs through Naples and flows into the bay. It is now covered