was tlu- nickname gi\cn him liy (In- Italians .il'icr tlic 

 bomhins of Palermo durins; (he revolts of 184S."'" 

 Caijiati sees in his reign, as in his coinage, three dis- 

 tinct periods: the first marl<ed hy a beneficial progress; 

 the second, by tumultuous changes during the 

 revolutionary vears; and the third, his last period, by 



, t !' 



Fig. yg. — Xai'I is, fi kdinam) II. niicl.il i!!;jo '■' 

 (I'hdiii Ikiiu Ri( c i.udi) 



Fig, 78. — Naples, Francis I, medal by Catcnacci '™ 

 (Photo from Ricciardi) 



reactionary desiJotism.''"'' To discern clearly these 

 fluctuations throughout his coinage is difiicult, 

 although the first period does present a parallel 

 development in his coins. 



The plain, unbearded head of the young king, 

 copied by Catenacci (fig. 79) and Carriello (tig. 80) 

 from a model by Rega, was used for the striking ol 

 medals between bS3() antl lc'-!4(l. A similar bust ol 

 Ferdinand II. conjoined with a bust of Queen M.nia 



I'*' Larizza, p. 57. 



i« Ibid., medal 1.S4. 



'™ Cagiati, fasc. 5, p. 126. See al.si) D'Incikii (A7,V, DS'), 

 p. 46), who also divides Ferdinand's coinage into llircc iiciiocls: 

 (1) 1831-183'), chararterized l)y a licirdlcss pdrli.iil ol llie 



ig. 80. — XaI'I IS, Fl RDINAMI I I . ( il l\ ei sc ( if n icd.l 1 . I H'j I '"' 



I I'liiilc) Iroiii Ru ( i.irdi) 



kini;; (2) 1 H tn IKSI), [1„- kint; u<Miiiii,' .i slii;lit l)eard; (3) 

 1851 185'), till- kini; lnvini^ a heavy l>c.ird. ( llie i;i)ld coinaRe 

 siiovvs an intennedi.ite type ftnrn 1850 to 1HS2.) 



I"" KicciARDi, medal 158. 



i»i Il.iil., medal U,6. 



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