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<p>[QUOTE="The Eidolon, post: 7838116, member: 102103"]Row 4, #4</p><p>This one is really bugging me. I'm pretty sure of the ruler, but I'm not sure where it's from. It's very close to this <a href="https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces163210.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces163210.html" rel="nofollow">Naples 2 Cavalli</a> under Carlo V (1516-1556), but the edge lettering doesn't quite match, and mine has two rows of dots on the obverse, inside and outside the text, as opposed to an outer one only.</p><p>Copper, 2.93 g, ~22 mm</p><p>Obverse: "CAROLVS.V.ROM.IMP." (Carlo V, Emperor of Rome)</p><p>Reverse: "REX.ARG.VTRIV.SIC" or something like that (King of Aragon and Sicily)</p><p>So I'm pretty sure it's <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_V,_Holy_Roman_Emperor#Italian_states" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_V,_Holy_Roman_Emperor#Italian_states" rel="nofollow">Holy Roman Emperor Charles V</a> (1516-1556). He would have ruled several Italian kingdoms, including Naples, Sardinia and Sicily. I don't have any specialized reference books for the 1500s or Italian states, so any help would be greatly appreciated on this one!</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1347825[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="The Eidolon, post: 7838116, member: 102103"]Row 4, #4 This one is really bugging me. I'm pretty sure of the ruler, but I'm not sure where it's from. It's very close to this [URL='https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces163210.html']Naples 2 Cavalli[/URL] under Carlo V (1516-1556), but the edge lettering doesn't quite match, and mine has two rows of dots on the obverse, inside and outside the text, as opposed to an outer one only. Copper, 2.93 g, ~22 mm Obverse: "CAROLVS.V.ROM.IMP." (Carlo V, Emperor of Rome) Reverse: "REX.ARG.VTRIV.SIC" or something like that (King of Aragon and Sicily) So I'm pretty sure it's [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_V,_Holy_Roman_Emperor#Italian_states']Holy Roman Emperor Charles V[/URL] (1516-1556). He would have ruled several Italian kingdoms, including Naples, Sardinia and Sicily. I don't have any specialized reference books for the 1500s or Italian states, so any help would be greatly appreciated on this one! [ATTACH=full]1347825[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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