LOUIS XVIII 1815 - 1824 - Lot 278

LOUIS XVIII 1815 - 1824 CHARLES FERDINAND CAROLINE FERDINANDE. Accolated arms crowned between a laurel branch and a lily branch. Below, M. Tiolier. R/. Legend in eight lines LL - AA - RR - MGR LE DUC DE BERRY MME LA DUCHESSE DE BERRY VISIT THE MONNAIE DE PARIS LE 18 NOV. 1817. Striated edges. ♦ Gad (1989) 617 var. (edge) Module 5 Francs argent 1817 Paris (25.47 g). Slight nick on the edge. Superb. Duc de Berry. Charles-Ferdinand d'Artois was born in Versailles on January 24, 1778 and died in Paris on February 14, 1820, assassinated by Louvel as he left the opera. He was a prince of the House of Bourbon and the youngest son of King Charles X and Marie Thérèse de Savoie. He married Marie Caroline Ferdinande Louise de Bourbon, Princess of the Two Sicilies. She was the mother of Henri d'Artois, Comte de Chambord, known as Henri V.