Post your coins with rulers who had been given nicknames

Louis XVIII 1814-24 "Le Desiree" aka "The Desired" no idea why He was a fat/ useless King.

 

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Costantius I "Chlorus" aka "The Green" 305/6AD
AV Aureus ND/ Ticinum Mint (2-3 known)

He was co-Emperor with Galerius/ he ruled the Western Empire/ while Galerius was in charge of the Eastern part.
In 306 he campaigned in Britannia vs the Picts. He fell ill and died that year.

 

A Scottish Merk or 13/6 of Charles II known as the "Merry Monarch" because of the liveliness and hedonism of his court. Charles II had 27 illegitimate children and no legitimate issue. He had numerous and well known affairs. He once said of his brother, the future James II, that his mistresses must have been proscribed as a penance since they were so notably unattractive.

 

LORRAINE Antoine the Good 1/4 Teston 1533

 

That coin has nice portrait/ shows the "Cross of Lorraine/ exquisite piece.

 

Here is "El Libertador" Simon Bolivar
AV 8 Escudos

 

I'm not sure I saw the first one (and i looked), so here's yet another Ferdinand VII coin. Depending on who you asked at the time, he was either referred to as el Deseado (the Desired) or as el Rey Felón (the Felon King). Historians later referred to him as a shirt-sighted and incompetent ruler. So there's that.



His father, King Carlos IV of Spain, was known as El Cazador (the Hunter). Not to be confused with the Spanish Brig of War by the same name that sunk sunk in 1784 about 50 miles south of Louisiana loaded with lots of 8 Reales and other goodies.



I don't think Carlos III before them had any nicknames that were written into the annals of history, but here's his likeness anyway.

 

Not mine, but this is my favorite nickname: Constantine V Copronymus. Copronymus means "Name of Excrement". Legend has it that when he was baptized, he did his business in the baptismal font. Ancients: Constantine V Copronymus (AD 741-775), with Leo III. AV | Lot #33308 | Heritage Auctions (ha.com)

 

Here is mine/ just got this last Summer

 

Germany MECKLENBURG Heinrich V the Peaceful (1503-52) Half Taler 1540

Heinrich was an early follower of Luther and corresponded with him. After Luther's death, a religious war erupted in Germany. Heinrich, however, did not participate, although he was a Protestant prince: hence his name The Peaceful.

 

"Little Saber"
Victor Emmanuel III reigned as King of Italy from 29 July 1900 until his abdication on 9 May 1946. In addition, he was Emperor of Ethiopia and King of the Albanians. During his reign of nearly 46 years, which began after the assassination of his father Umberto I, the Kingdom of Italy became involved in two world wars. Wikipedia

 

Isn't that an error coin that was never corrected? His name is spelled "Emmanuele", not "Emanuele"! That's the first time I've ever seen his name spelled with one "M".

 

I wouldn't have a clue, it is not something I have ever noticed before you pointing it out. Variety Vista has it as on the coin
https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces1960.html

 

Peter The Great

 

Bloody Nicholas. He earned the title for multiple reasons, dating all the way back to his coronation festivities when a stampede broke-out over free beer killing many of the revelers. Rather than postpone the gala, the coronation went ahead the next day while the ground was still soaked in blood.

But the massacre in 1905 cemented the title for evermore:

https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/bloody-sunday-massacre-in-russia

 

Frederick the Great
Frederick II was a Prussian king and military leader who ruled the Kingdom of Prussia from 1740 until 1786, reigning longer than any other Hohenzollern king. Wikipedia

 

Alexander the Great:

 

Brazil/ Colonial
AV 6400 Reis 1794-R
Rio Mint
Maria I "El Loco" (the Mad)

 

Suleiman the Magnificent:

 

Ladislaus the Cuman: