Real de a 2 Year 1808

Modern age

Metal: Silver.
Issuing entity: Spain. Charles IV.
Mint: Madrid.
Date: Year 1808
Obverse:
Nude bust right with toupee, ribbon and royal mantle. Legend: CAROLUS IIII DEI G 1808.
Reverse:
Shield crowned and quartered with the arms of Castile and Leon and Granada and in the centre a shield of the Bourbon Dynasty. Legend: HISPANIARUM REX. Mint mark: M crowned. Value sign: R 2. Assayers: A I.
Weight: 6.04 g - Diameter: 26 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. 518, type 99, no. 856.
Published in:
Ramón Sánchez, J.J., 2013: El tresor de Sant Joan d'Alacant, Alicante, 2013, p. 81 and 127 no. 325.
Monetary Inventory Number: 4174.
A chance find. Treasure of Sant Joan d'Alacant