CARLOS V (1516-1556). Duchy. (Au. 3.44g/22mm). S/D Naples. (MIR 128; Pannuti-Riccio 6). Very Fine. Coinage bays. Very rare specimen. Carlos I of Spain, V of Germany but also, although less well known, IV of Naples coined this magnificent Duchy during the first cuarto of the 16th century. This is a piece where the symbology 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. bicéfala and the shield of the Austrias in the chest of the same one. 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.
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