Naples and Sicily 1843 120 grana Dav-174

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Stephen Album internet sale 28, lot 1039

This specimen was lot 1039 in Stephen Album internet sale 28 (Santa Rosa, CA, July 2024), where it sold for $132. The catalog description[1] noted, "ITALIAN STATES: NAPLES: Ferdinand II, 1830-1859, AR 120 grana, 1843, with some slight hairlines and small adjustment marks as is common, AU." The Kingdom of the Two Sicilies was annexed to Italy in 1860 but remains poor, backward and corrupt. This type was struck 1840-51 and is fairly common in circulated condition. Ferdinand became known as "king Bomba" after he ordered his navy to shell the city of Messina in 1848.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 27.53 g, 0.833 fine silver, 37 mm diameter, edge lettered PROVIDENTIA OPTIMI PRINCIPIS.

Catalog reference: Dav-174; KM-346 (formerly KM C153b).

Source:

  • Davenport, John S., European Crowns and Talers, Since 1800, 2nd Ed., London: Spink & Son, 1964.
  • Fabrizi, Davide, Monete Italiane Regionale: Napoli, Pavia: Edizioni Numismatica Varesi, 2010.
  • Gigante, Fabio, Gigante 2016: Catalogo Nazionale delle Monete Italiano Dal '700 All'Euro, 24a ed. Varese, Italy, 2015.
  • Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
  • Montenegro, Eupremio, Montenegro 2015: Manuale del Collezionista di Monete Italiane, 30 ed., Torino, Italy: Montenegro s.a.s., 2014.
  • [1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Internet Auction 28, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2024.

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