2314 | Spanish Monarchy

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CHARLES V (1516-1556). Duchy. (Au. 3.44g / 22mm). S / D. Naples. (MIR 128; Pannuti-Riccio 6). F. Coinage voids. Very rare specimen.

Charles I of Spain, V of Germany but also, although less well known, IV of Naples coined this magnificent Duchy during the first quarter of the 16th century. We are facing a piece where the symbolism is present at all times, highlighting the imperial legend King of Romans on the obverse and the heraldry on the reverse, directly inherited from Ferdinand the Catholic, as King of Naples, to which only the eagle has been added double-headed and the Habsburg escusón on its chest. In addition, the same legend on the reverse stands out for the novel allusion to the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, a title that encompassed the Kingdoms of Naples and Sicily.