2228 | Medals

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ALFONSO XII (1874-1885). Arrival of the new king in Spain. (Ae. 15.36g/28mm). 1875. Engraver: Esteban Lozano. (RAH 672). Extremely Fine. Slight marks. and small tap on the obverse.

On January 7, 1875, the frigate Navas de Tolosa, a first-class propeller frigate of the Spanish Navy and whose main assets included its participation in the Cadiz Cantonal Revolution of 1873, left the port of Marseille for Valencia. On board the new king, the same dynasty of yesteryear, to try to put an end to one of the most convulsive times of our contemporary history. Spain leaves behind the flight of a queen, the outbreak of the "glorious", a first republican attempt and even a dynastic change. The Restoration began.