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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;talerman, post: 7676094, member: 89314&quot;]Coins struck in the name of CHARLES V - continued</p><p><br /></p><p>ITALY&nbsp; NAPLES&nbsp; Carlino with young bust n.d.(1516-27)</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1318552[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1318553[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>ITALY&nbsp; NAPLES&nbsp; Carlino with bearded bust&nbsp; n.d.(1528-46)</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1318554[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1318555[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>ITALY&nbsp; NAPLES&nbsp; Tari (2 carlini)&nbsp; n.d.(1528-46)</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1318557[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1318558[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>ITALY&nbsp; SICILY&nbsp;&nbsp; 2 Tari 1540</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1318561[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1318562[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>SPAIN&nbsp; 3 Reales n.d. (1535)</p><p><br /></p><p>Ottoman admiral Hayreddin Barbarossa captured Tunis on 16 August 1534, ousting the ruler, Muley Hassan, subservient to the Spanish.&nbsp; In 1535 Charles V launched an expedition which destroyed Barbarossa&#039;s fleet and captured Tunis, restoring Muley Hassan. This was one of the many coins struck to pay the troops and military expenses. The expedition cost 1 million ducats.&nbsp; However, Spain was unable to maintain its control of Tunis for very long.</p><p>The multi-field arms on the obverse reflect the extent of Charles V&#039;s dominions:1st qtr. Castile (3 tower gate) &amp; Leon(lion) qtrd.; 2nd qtr. Aragon(vertical bars) &amp; Sicily(vertical bars with 2 eagles); 3rd qtr. Austria (horizontal.bar), modern Burgundy (5 lis), ancient Burgundy (diagonal bars) &amp;;Brabant (lion) with centre escutcheon of Flanders (lion) and Tyrol (eagle); 4th qtr. Jerusalem (cross) &amp; Hungary (horizontal bars), with at bottom ente en point Granada (pomegranate).</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1318563[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1318564[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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