Real de a 8 Year 1803.

Modern age

Metal: Silver.
Issuing entity: Spain. Charles IV.
Mint: Seville.
Date: Year 1803.
Obverse:
Nude bust of Charles IV right with wig, ribbon and royal mantle. Caption: CAROLUS IIII DEI G 1803.
Reverse:
Shield crowned and quartered with the arms of Castile and León and Granada. In the centre, escutcheon of the Bourbon dynasty: legend: HISPANIARUM REX. Mint mark: S. Value mark: R 8.
Weight: 26.83 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. 510, type 72, no. 597.

Published in:
Ramón Sánchez, J.J., 2013: El tresor de Sant Joan d'Alacant, Alicante, 2013, p. 85 and 137 no. 395.
Monetary Inventory Number: 3830.
A chance find. Treasure of Sant Joan d'Alacant