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1 Tari - Carlo II
| Issuer | Naples, Kingdom of |
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| Year | 1682-1687 |
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| Technique | Milled |
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| Obverse description | Large crowned quartered shield of manifold arms occupying the central field, displaying the heraldic quarterings of the Spanish-Habsburg dynastic realms including Castile, León, Aragon, Sicily, Austria, Burgundy, Brabant, Flanders, and Tyrol. The collar and badge of the Order of the Golden Fleece suspends from the base of the shield. A circular Latin legend surrounds the entire device, reading across the upper and lower fields. The coin's rim is milled with a fine reeded border. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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Carlo II of Spain — the last Habsburg ruler of Naples — was so physically and mentally debilitated by generations of dynastic inbreeding that his government was effectively run by a succession of regents and court factions throughout his reign. The Neapolitan mint operated under those unstable conditions, producing silver coinage whose quality fluctuated noticeably across the 1682–1687 window. MIR 298 encompasses minor die variations across those years, and examples struck closer to 1687 tend to show cruder workmanship as administrative oversight deteriorated ahead of the succession crisis that would eventually trigger the War of the Spanish Succession.