Real de a 1 Year 1739

Modern age

Metal: Silver.
Issuing entity: Spain. Philip V.
Mint: Mexico.
Date: Year 1739
Obverse:
Shield crowned and quartered with the arms of Castile and León and Granada. In the centre, escutcheon of the Bourbon dynasty. Legend: PHILIP V D G HISPAN ET IND REX.
Reverse:
On sea waves, two worlds crowned between the crowned columns of Hercules and with the motto PLUS VULTRA. Legend: UTRAQUE VNUM 1739. M mintmark: M surmounted by O. Mintmark: M surmounted by O. Value sign: R 1.
Weight: 3.11 g - Diameter: 20 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. 394, type 213 no. 1389.
Published in:
Ramón Sánchez, J.J., 2013: El tresor de Sant Joan d'Alacant, Alicante, 2013, p. 63 and 104 nº 63.
Monetary Inventory Number: 4190.
A chance find. Treasure of Sant Joan d'Alacant