5 Tornesi of Ferdinand II, King of the Two Sicillies from Board of Revenue

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1857

Medium: Bronze
Dimensions: 14.96 g, 6:00, 31.8 mm
Credit Line: Transfer from the Yale University Library, Numismatic Collection, 2001
Accession Number: 2001.87.33438
Geography: Made in Italy
Culture: Italian
Period: 19th century
Classification: Numismatics
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Numismatics

Obverse Description

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

Reverse Description: Crown TORNESI CINQUE. In exerge, 1857

Provenance

Yale University Library, New Haven, Conn., by 2001; transferred to the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., 2001

Object copyright

Additional information

coins, money, tornesi

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