Real de a 2 Year 1757

Modern age

Metal: Silver.
Issuing entity: Spain. Ferdinand VI.
Mint: Mexico.
Date: Year 1757
Obverse:
Shield crowned and quartered with the arms of Castile and León and Granada. In the centre, escutcheon of the Bourbon dynasty. Legend: FRD VI D G HISP ET IND R.
Reverse:
On sea waves, two worlds crowned between the crowned columns of Hercules and with the motto PLUS VLTRA. Legend: VTRA QUE VNUM 1757. M mint mark: M surmounted by O. Value sign: R 2.
Weight: 6.31 g - Diameter: 26.8 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. 440, type 94, no. 438.
Published in:
Ramón Sánchez, J.J., 2013: El tresor de Sant Joan d'Alacant, Alicante, 2013, p. 70 and 115 nº 194.
Monetary Inventory Number: 4067.
A chance find. Treasure of Sant Joan d'Alacant