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60 Grana - Ferdinando IV
| Issuer | Naples, Kingdom of |
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| Year | 1785-1794 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse description | Mature draped and armored bust of Ferdinando IV facing right, with long flowing hair tied at the nape, rendered in high relief in the baroque Neapolitan tradition. The effigy displays elaborate pauldron and cuirass detailing visible at the truncation. The circular Latin legend surrounds the portrait, with the mint initial 'P' appearing at the lower right of the field near the truncation. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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Ferdinand IV's silver coinage of this period was struck under conditions of genuine monetary instability. The Kingdom of Naples had long relied on Spanish silver flows, and as those dried up through the latter eighteenth century, the crown struggled to maintain consistent fineness across issues — the .833 standard here reflects a deliberate debasement from earlier benchmarks. The 1794 terminus coincides almost exactly with the first tremors of revolutionary unrest that would, within five years, briefly topple Ferdinand entirely and produce the Parthenopean Republic.
MIR 377 documents die variation across the decade-long run, with later strikes showing progressive deterioration at the Naples mint.