;iiT cut on the same p.utnn. X<i in(li\ lilu.il fxprcssiiin 

 ilistinniiishcs one head hum another. I'he same 

 stereotyped treatment of'indi\ khial (raits is oh\ioiis in 

 Siries' dies for the 5 h'anchi ol" I'.hsa Haeiioeehi oi' 

 Lucca and iier husliand (lii;. 23). Here the faces 



sensili\it\ .md depth of e\|)re^sion in a p( rfe< iK 

 modeled rehrf. 



'1 iiis exquisite image imds a ii\.il (jnl\ in the die 

 of an almost unknown artist. I'ietro ( anii.melli.'^ 

 who siuiied witli I'.c. the ponr.iil of (h-anil Duke 

 Le(j])<jld 11 on (he iatter's eoin.e^e ol' 1 S26 1S2S (Til;. 

 23). 



lig. 23, — Lucca, Elis.a Bon.m>,\rii ami Felix B.\ci;ii.icc:ni, 



5 IVanehi. 1 1)117 " 



(Div. Ill Nuniisni.itii s plinio) 



could lie easik interchanged wilhoiu alti-rint; the 

 Heneral impression.^" 



The work of C'arlo .Siries ^'' (d. 1S34) is so inter- 

 rel.ited with his father's acti\il\ (li,i( i( is soniewli.n 

 dillieuh to keep them apart. (.)nl\ allc-r Lnii^i's death 

 can we determine C'arlo's dies with c<'rt.iiiU\'. Nhist 

 of these tlies were cut for coins Iiearini; onl\ a hei'aldie 

 (\pe, such as the rus|)one, zecchino, or soldo. In 

 the portrait coinage of the restored firand l)uk<' 



lis;. 24. — 'lisc.xN'i . Ierdin.and IIL 'i-'il liani_eseone, i8j;5^' 

 (Div. of Numismatics photo) 



Lerclinand 111, even if C^ark.i did follow tlu- paternal 

 ir.idilion \er)- closcK' in the s.nne ne.il .irrannemcut 

 of figure and legend within the coin held, his exe- 

 cution of details denotes higher artisdi (|u.ihties. 'Lhe 

 portrait of the aging monarch dig. 24) rellects great 



" C\7, vol. 11, p. 2(Jtl, ciiiii 10: 1'.\(:.\m. .\foii,i, ihilhinr, 

 coin 232; Davenport, European Ciuwii\, <<iin 2n,i. 



<■' For the dcrrcc concerning this Issue, .see C:.\Kni iNi-.Ri, 

 pp. 132 1.13. 



<■■ H/)M, Mjf 5, p. 535; Thii-mf. anil Bi:eKi;R, vol. M, p. 1112. 



*■ CM. vol. 12, p. 464, coin 2': G.\i.i:oi ri, p. 46''. 



i^BDM, vol. 1, p. 4i4, and vol. 7, p. 1K2; U. 11 /i n 1 n.\r. 



F'ig. 23. — 'l'usc.\NV. I l.oRoiii II. fioiiiio. i<!j!i<'' 

 (2x acuial si/c) 

 (Fliv. nl .\niiiisni.ili( s pinilo) 



lhe onl\ othei (|noli(l wmk ol ( 'in'_;,nii Hi is .1 nied.il 

 commemoratiiiL' (Jalileo (iaiilei; his coin dies li,i\-e 

 lieen com|)letel\ ignoicd. .\e\ crdieless. widi the 

 energetic feattn'es ol liis Leopold 11. he (icaled one 

 of the most hrilli.nit poiii.iit coins In die entire 



1 usc.iny scries. 





Fig. 26. - 'Fus(:.\NV, Li:oiMii II IL Ir.iiiceseone. 18311 ■'" 

 (PhiiKi hoin (:\l\ 



.AiUonio L.ihris,''' who in his early ye.irs c;iiiie Irom 

 Lkline (o Llorence ;is a goldsinith, worked lor (he mint 

 horn about LS3n. His portrait coin, the 1S3() 

 fiancescone of l,eo|)old 11 (fig. 2fi I is iio( devoid of 



'.M'FR 33: rr.M.i.-xN coin f.nck.wivRs sincf: isnn 



'•' C,'\"/, vol. 12. p. KiH, < oil! 22: (iAricuii. p. 4"''. coin 3. 



■'"C'.W, vol. 12, p. Id'', cdin il; ( :.\i,i 1 uii. |>. 1""; Davi \- 

 I'ciRr, /■jniipi-iiri (.'i.i.-r«i, c iiin 158. 



■1 /tDM, vol. 2, pp. (.1 (>'^. anil Mil. ", |). 2S(.; I'lni mi .mil 

 UicKiR, vol. 11, p. 1(>S; B.ii,/i Nin\r. p. 3it(,: (.mhuii. 

 p. 4''4. 



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