Live auction - fwo_986370 - PERU - CHARLES III 8 Reales 1764 Potosi
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| Estimate : | 400 € |
| Price : | 316 € |
| Maximum bid : | 350 € |
| End of the sale : | 11 February 2025 18:01:52 |
| bidders : | 5 bidders |
Type : 8 Reales
Date: 1764
Mint name / Town : Potosi
Metal : silver
Diameter : 31 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 24,01 g.
Edge : decorée
Rarity : R1
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse description : Ecu couronné écartelé en 1 et 4 de Castille, en 2 et 3 de Léon, sur le tout d'un écu de France accosté de JR - 4.
Obverse translation : (Charles III, par la grâce de Dieu, roi d’Espagne et des Indes).
Reverse
Reverse description : Légende entre les colonnes d’Hercule.
Historical background
PERU - CHARLES III
(1759-14/12/17/1788)
Charles III (20/01/1716-14/12/1788) is the eldest son of the second marriage of Philip V, and 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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