Eight shields Year 1748.

Modern age

Metal: Gold.
Issuing entity: Spain. Ferdinand VI.
Mint: Mexico.
Date: Year 1748.
Obverse:
Bust of Ferdinand VI right with cloak and cuirass. Legend: FERDND VI D G HISPAN ET IND REX 1748.

Reverse:
Crowned shield surrounded by the golden fleece, quartered with the arms of Castile, Leon, Aragon, Sicily, Austria, ancient and modern Burgundy, Brabant, Flanders, Tyrol, and in the centre the escutcheon of the house of Bourbon. Legend: NOMINA MAGNA SEQUOR. Mint mark: M M surmounted by O. Assayers: M F. In field, value mark: 8 S.
Weight: 27.06 g - Diameter: 36 mm - Axes: 12 h.
Described in: Calicó Estivill, F., Calicó Estivill, X., Trigo Real, J., 1994: Spanish coins from Ferdinand and Isabella to Juan Carlos I. Years: 1474 to 1994. Years: 1474 to 1994, Barcelona, p. 422, type 12, no. 28.

Published in:
Ramón Sánchez, J.J., Ibáñez Sarrió, C., 2010: "Catálogo. Edad Moderna y contemporánea", in Ramón Sánchez, J.J. (ed.), Monedas. Todas las caras de la Historia. Colecciones numismáticas del MARQ, Alicante, p. 162; Ramón Sánchez, J.J., 2013: El tresor de Sant Joan d'Alacant, Alicante, 2013, p. 70 and 114 no. 192.
Monetary Inventory Number: 3770.
A chance find. Treasure of Sant Joan d'Alacant