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120 Grana - Ferdinando II 3rd portrait
| Issuer | Kingdom of the Two Sicilies |
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| Year | 1840-1851 |
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| Engraver(s) | Luigi Arnaud |
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| Obverse description | Bare-headed, bearded effigy of King Ferdinando II facing right, with finely engraved curly hair and a short beard rendered in naturalistic detail characteristic of the Neapolitan neoclassical style. The truncation of the neck is plain and unadorned. The circumferential legend reads FERDINANDVS II . DEI GRATIA REX, with the mint date appearing in the lower exergual area below the portrait. The coin is framed by a fine inner border of closely set beads. |
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| Reverse description | Central device consisting of the elaborate quartered royal coat of arms of the Two Sicilies, displaying fleurs-de-lis for Bourbon France, a castle and lion for Castile and León, lilies for Anjou, and roundels for the Kingdom of Jerusalem, among other heraldic elements. The shield is surmounted by a large royal crown. The denomination G . 120 appears prominently below the shield in the lower field. The surrounding legend REGNI VTR. SIC. ET HIER. curves around the periphery, separated by stops, within a beaded border. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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