Sicily, Vittorio Amedeo II of Savoy, grano, 1717
Also known as: Sicilië, Vittorio Amadeo II van Savoie, grano, 1717
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1717
Copper coin. Obverse: crowned eagle with spread wings and on its breast the coat of arms of Savoy. Reverse: within a rococo decoration a three-line inscription, below which the date.
At the bottom the letters C and P [=Palermo]. Plain edge. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-3187; its record gives material recorded as copper (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements diameter 2.3 cm x weight 4.62 g. Description translated from the museum's Dutch catalogue text; details are those of this museum object, and how far it represents a wider type has not been independently verified.
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- copper (metal)
- Technique
- striking (metalworking)
- Measurements
- diameter 2.3 cm x weight 4.62 g
Design
- Obverse
- crowned eagle with spread wings and on its breast the coat of arms of Savoy.
- Reverse
- within a rococo decoration a three-line inscription, below which the date. At the bottom the letters C and P [=Palermo]. Plain edge.
Identification
- Original title
- Sicilië, Vittorio Amadeo II van Savoie, grano, 1717
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- KOG-MP-1-3187
- Museum classification
- coin
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- Material
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Catalogue references
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