Real de a 4 Year 1790

Modern age

Metal: Silver.
Issuing entity: Spain. Charles IV.
Mint: Mexico.
Date: Year 1790
Obverse:
Laureate bust right with toupee, ribbon, cuirass and mantle. Legend: CAROLUS IIII DEI GRATIA 1790.
Reverse:
Crowned and quartered shield with the arms of Castile and Leon and Granada and in the centre, escutcheon of the Bourbon Dynasty. On the sides, columns of Hercules with scrolled ribbons with the motto PLUS ULTRA. Legend: HISPAN ET IND REX. M mintmark: M crowned with O. Value sign: 4 R. Assayers: F M.
Weight: 13.33 g - Diameter: 34.8 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. 515, type 93, no. 770.
Published in:
Ramón Sánchez, J.J., 2013: El tresor de Sant Joan d'Alacant, Alicante, 2013, p. 84 and 136 no. 382.
Monetary Inventory Number: 3881.
A chance find. Treasure of Sant Joan d'Alacant