1 Tari - Carlo II

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.