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30 Ducati - Ferdinando I
| Issuer | Kingdom of the Two Sicilies |
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| Year | 1818 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse description | A standing male figure, rendered in a neoclassical allegorical style, occupies the centre of the field. The figure stands facing front, slightly turned, draped at the waist, resting his left hand upon a fluted pedestal column surmounted by a royal crown, while his right arm supports an oval shield decorated with three fleurs-de-lis, the dynastic emblem of the Bourbon House. Three lines of inscription in the lower field record the coin's weight, fineness, and denomination: ACINI 850 / TITOLO MILLESIMI 996 / DUCATI 30. The circumferential legend HISPANIARVM INFANS and the date 1818 arc around the upper periphery. |
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| Reverse lettering | HISPANIARVM INFANS 1818 ACINI 850 TITOLO MILLESIMI 996 DUCATI 30 (Translation: Infant of Spain; weight 850 grains; fineness 996 thousandths; 30 Ducats) |
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The 30 ducati denomination was revived under Ferdinando I as a deliberate assertion of dynastic prestige following the upheavals of the Napoleonic period, during which the Bourbons had twice been expelled from Naples. Restored to the throne in 1816 after the Congress of Vienna, Ferdinando unified the formerly separate kingdoms of Naples and Sicily into the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies and issued a reformed coinage to match the new political reality.
At nearly 38 grams of high-fineness gold, this is one of the largest and heaviest coins produced by the Naples mint in the nineteenth century. Surviving examples in any grade are scarce — mintage was low and the intrinsic value ensured most were melted or hoarded rather than spent.