1 1/2 Tornese of Ferdinand II, King of the Two Sicillies from Italy

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1854

Medium: Bronze
Dimensions: 5.37 g, 6:00, 21.7 mm
Credit Line: Transfer from the Yale University Library, Numismatic Collection, 2001, Gift of William P. Bacon, B.A. 1858
Accession Number: 2001.87.33473
Geography: Made in Italy
Culture: Italian
Period: 19th century
Classification: Numismatics
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Numismatics

Obverse Description

Obverse Description: FERD.II.D.G. REGNI. VTR. SIC. ET. HEIR. REX * Profile of Ferdinand II facing r.

Reverse Description: Crown TORNESE UNO E MEZZO. In exerge, 1854

Provenance

William P. Bacon, to 1866; Yale University Library, New Haven, Conn., 1866–2001; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.

Object copyright

Additional information

coins, money, tornesi

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