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2 Lire - Joachim Murat
| Issuer | Naples, Kingdom of |
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| Year | 1812-1813 |
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| Value | 2 Lire |
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| Obverse description | Bare-headed portrait bust of Joachim Murat (Gioacchino Napoleone) facing right, rendered in the Neoclassical style with abundantly curled hair. The circular legend GIOACCHINO NAPOLEONE runs along the periphery, divided left and right of the effigy. The date 1813 appears in the lower exergual area, below the truncation of the bust. |
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| Reverse description | Central field displays the denomination in two lines — numeral '2' over 'LIRE' — enclosed within a wreath composed of a palm branch to the left and a laurel branch to the right, tied at the base with a ribbon bow surmounted by a small crown. The circular legend REGNO DELLE DUE SICILIE runs along the full periphery of the coin. |
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Joachim Murat's coinage as King of Naples was always politically precarious — he ruled entirely at Napoleon's sufferance, and his monetary system was imposed to align the kingdom with the Napoleonic decimal framework rather than from any local economic logic. By 1812, with the Grande Armée unraveling in Russia, Murat was already making quiet diplomatic overtures to the Austrians. He formally switched sides in January 1814, a defection that ultimately failed to save him; he was captured and shot by firing squad in October 1815.