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3 Ducati - Ferdinando II
| Issuer | Royal Mint of Naples |
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| Year | 1831-1837 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Full-length allegorical standing figure of the Bourbon Genius facing slightly left, with a royal crown placed atop a column to the left and an oval heraldic shield to the right. A three-line inscription in the exergue records the fineness, weight standard, and denomination. The design is enclosed by a toothed border. |
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Ferdinando II ascended the Neapolitan throne in 1830 at age twenty and almost immediately set about distancing his administration from the liberal concessions his father had been pressured into granting. These gold ducati were struck during the early consolidation of his reign, a period when the Two Sicilies mint was functioning with unusual regularity under tightened Bourbon fiscal control. The series ran only until 1837, after which denominations and types were reorganized.
The .996 fineness is exceptionally high for a circulating gold issue of this period — finer than most contemporary European sovereigns or ducats.