Eight shields Year 1779

Modern age

Metal: Gold.
Issuing entity: Spain. Carlos III.
Mint: Lima (Peru).
Date: Year 1779
Obverse:
Bust right with wig, mantle and cuirass. Legend: CAROL III D G HISP ET IND R 1779.
Reverse:
Crowned shield surrounded by the golden fleece. The interior of the shield is divided into ten quarters with the arms of Aragon, Sicily, Austria, ancient and modern Burgundy, Parma, Tuscany, Flanders, Tyrol and Brabant. In the central part, a quartered coat of arms of Castile and Leon with the coat of arms of the house of Bourbon in the centre. Legend: IN UTROQ FELIX AUSPICE DEO. Mint mark: MAE in anagram. Value sign: 8 S. Assayers: M I.
Weight: 27.00 g - Diameter: 39 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. 451, type 11, no. 56.
Published in:
Ramón Sánchez, J.J., 2013: El tresor de Sant Joan d'Alacant, Alicante, 2013, p. 71 and 116 nº 210.
Monetary Inventory Number: 3766.
A chance find. Treasure of Sant Joan d'Alacant