Napoleonic Italian lira

E13951

The Napoleonic Italian lira was the currency introduced in parts of Italy under Napoleon’s rule in the early 19th century, modeled on the French franc and later replaced by the unified Kingdom of Italy’s lira.

AI illustration

How this image was made

AI-generated illustration of Napoleonic Italian lira

This AI-generated illustration was produced by black-forest-labs/FLUX.2-dev (1024x1024) from a prompt written by openai/gpt-oss-120b from the entity's label + description.

Prompt

Generate an image of the Napoleonic Italian lira (The Napoleonic Italian lira was the currency introduced in parts of Italy under Napoleon’s rule in the early 19th century, modeled on the French franc and later replaced by the unified Kingdom of Italy’s lira.)

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Italian lira (Napoleonic) 2
Italian lira (Cisalpine) 1
Napoleonic Italian lira canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf fiat currency ⓘ
historical currency ⓘ
aimedTo standardize currency with France ⓘ
circulationEndedApprox 1814 ⓘ
countryAtIntroduction Kingdom of Italy (Napoleonic client state) ⓘ
linked to: Kingdom of Italy
denomination 1 centesimo ⓘ
1 lira ⓘ
10 centesimi ⓘ
2 lire ⓘ
20 centesimi ⓘ
20 lire ⓘ
40 lire ⓘ
5 centesimi ⓘ
5 lire ⓘ
50 centesimi ⓘ
goldContentStandard similar to contemporary French franc ⓘ
historicalContext Napoleonic Wars ⓘ
introducedAroundYear 1807 ⓘ
introducedBy Napoleon I ⓘ
linked to: Napoleon Bonaparte
introducedInPeriod early 19th century ⓘ
languageOnCoins French ⓘ
Italian ⓘ
metalStandard bimetallic standard ⓘ
modeledOn French franc ⓘ
monetarySystem decimal ⓘ
namedAfter Italian lira (traditional Italian currency name) ⓘ
linked to: Italian lira
obverseDesignOftenFeatured portrait of Napoleon I ⓘ
parityWith French franc ⓘ
region Central Italy ⓘ
Northern Italy ⓘ
relatedCurrency French franc ⓘ
Italian lira (Kingdom of Italy, 1861–2002) ⓘ
linked to: Italian lira
replacedBy Italian lira (Kingdom of Italy, post‑1861) ⓘ
linked to: Italian lira
replacedCurrency Milanese scudo ⓘ
Venetian lira (old) ⓘ
various pre‑Napoleonic Italian local currencies ⓘ
reverseDesignOftenFeatured coat of arms of the Napoleonic Kingdom of Italy ⓘ
silverContentStandard similar to contemporary French franc ⓘ
status obsolete ⓘ
subunit centesimo ⓘ
subunitRatio 1 lira = 100 centesimi ⓘ
succeededBy Austrian currency in Lombardy–Venetia ⓘ
restored pre‑Napoleonic currencies in some Italian states ⓘ
usedFor unifying monetary systems in Napoleonic Italian states ⓘ
usedIn Duchy of Lucca (Napoleonic) ⓘ
linked to: Duchy of Lucca

Duchy of Parma (Napoleonic) ⓘ
linked to: Duchy of Parma

Italian Republic (Napoleonic) ⓘ
linked to: Cisalpine Republic

Kingdom of Italy (Napoleonic) ⓘ
linked to: Kingdom of Italy

Kingdom of Naples (Napoleonic) ⓘ
linked to: Kingdom of Naples

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Italian lira → predecessor → Napoleonic Italian lira ⓘ
ITL → replaced → Sardinian lira ⓘ
linked to: Napoleonic Italian lira
Kingdom of Italy (Napoleonic) → currency → Italian lira (Napoleonic) ⓘ
subject linked to: Kingdom of Italy
linked to: Napoleonic Italian lira
Cisalpine Republic → currency → Italian lira (Cisalpine) ⓘ
linked to: Napoleonic Italian lira
Italian Republic (Napoleonic) → currency → Italian lira (Napoleonic) ⓘ
linked to: Napoleonic Italian lira