Real de a 8 Year 1808.

Modern age

Metal: Silver.
Issuing entity: Spain. Charles IV.
Mint: Lima (Peru).
Date: Year 1808.
Obverse:
Laureate bust of Charles IV right with toupee, bow, cuirass and mantle. Legend: CAROLUS IIII DEI GRATIA 1808.

Reverse:
Shield crowned and quartered with the arms of Castile, Leon and Granada and in the centre escutcheon of the house of Bourbon. On the sides columns of Hercules with scrolled ribbons and the legend PLUS ULTRA. Legend: HISPAN ET IND REX. Mint mark: MAE in anagram. Value mark: 8R. Assayers: J P.
Weight: 26.99 g - Diameter: 40 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. 511, type 76, no. 640.

Published in:
Ramón Sánchez, J.J., Ibáñez Sarrió, C., 2010: "Catálogo. Edad Moderna y contemporánea", in Ramón Sánchez, J.J. (ed.), Monedas. Todas las caras de la Historia. Colecciones numismáticas del MARQ, Alicante, p. 164; Ramón Sánchez, J.J., 2013: El tresor de Sant Joan d'Alacant, Alicante, 2013, p. 79 and 124 no. 298.
Monetary Inventory Number: 3791.
A chance find. Treasure of Sant Joan d'Alacant