CAGLIARESE: COIN OF SARDINIA
1 cagliarese, 1668: Kingdom of Sardinia
Ruler: Charles II (Italian "Carlo II") — King of Spain (from 1665 to 1700) and of the overseas empire of Spain, Sicily and Sardinia, duke of Milan, ruler of the Spanish Netherlands, count palatine of Burgundy and, as Carlo V, king of Naples; the last monarch from the House of Habsburg that had ruled Spain.
CAROLVS II D G R / ARM ET SAE A: Charles II, by God's grace, King of Aragon and Sardinia etc. Austria (approximately: Latin "Carolus Secundus Dei Gratia Rex Aragoniae et Sardiniae etc. Austriae").
Floriated cross, small head in each quadrant (four blindfolded Moorish heads on the Coat of Arms of Sardinia — a symbol of the Moorish princes defeated by the Aragonese: since 1326 Sardinia was under the rule of the Aragonese dynasty).
From 1326 Sardinia was under the rule of the Aragonese dynasty; later it belonged to Spain. In 1708 Sardinia was captured by Austria and in 1720 it was transferred to the Savoy dynasty, as a result of which Piedmont, the Duchy of Savoy and Sardinia were united into the Kingdom of Sardinia, which became part of the Kingdom of Italy after the creation of a single Italian state.
Portrait of the young Charles II of Spain (he was only 7 years old at the time the coin was minted, but was already in the third year of his reign).
- Copper: 21 mm - 4.17 g
- Reference price: 38$
COIN CAGLIARESE — WHERE & WHEN (coins catalog: by names & emitents)
- ITALY, 15th-19th centuries — ITALIAN STATES (Kingdom of Sardinia + Kingdom of Piedmont-Sardinia): cagliarese = 2 denaro
CAGLIARESE as coin name.
Cagliarese (plural: cagliaresi) — an old Italian coin, equal to 2 denaro. It was in circulation during the 15th-19th centuries mainly on the island of Sardinia.
Initially, it was a small (up to 1 gram) billon coin. Over time, relatively large copper varieties began to appear with a weight of over 4 grams.
The issuers were the Kingdom of Sardinia and later the Kingdom of Piedmont-Sardinia (the island and part of mainland Italy).
A characteristic feature of the cagliarese is the image of a cross on each type (the Sardinian heraldic symbol).
At different times, denominations of 1/2, 1 and 3 cagliaresi were issued.
The name cagliarese apparently comes from the city of Cagliari, the main city on the island of Sardinia, where the coin was first issued. Although later Cagliaresi were minted even outside the island — in Turin (during the reign of the House of Savoy).
