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3 Grana - Joachim Murat
| Issuer | Naples, Kingdom of |
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| Year | 1810 |
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| Value | 3 Grana (1⁄40) |
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| Obverse description | Bare-headed bust of Joachim Murat facing left, with curly hair rendered in a neoclassical style. The effigy is finely modeled, showing strong facial features and a naturalistic portrait typical of Napoleonic-era coinage. The circular legend surrounding the bust reads GIOACCHINO NAP. RE. DELLE DUE SIC., identifying the ruler as King of the Two Sicilies. The field is smooth and unadorned, focusing attention on the portrait. |
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| Mintage | 1810 |
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Joachim Murat was Napoleon's brother-in-law and one of the Empire's most flamboyant marshals — a cavalry commander turned king who ruled Naples from 1808 until his execution by firing squad in 1815. His Neapolitan coinage replaced the long-standing Bourbon monetary system, and the 1810 copper issues were among the first fully regularized denominations of his reign, struck at the Naples mint under French-influenced administrative reforms that standardized weights and module sizes across the kingdom's copper series.
Murat ultimately bet on Napoleon's survival and lost. After Waterloo he attempted to reclaim his throne by landing in Calabria with a handful of men.