Four shields

Date: Year 1786.

Obverse:

Bust of the monarch right with cuirass and mantle. Legend: CAROL III D G HISP ET IND R 1786.

Reverse:

Crowned shield surrounded by the golden fleece. Interior divided into ten quarters with the arms of Aragon, Sicily, Austria, ancient and modern Burgundy, Parma, Tuscany, Flanders, Tyrol and Brabant. In the central part, shield
Quartered with arms of Castile and Leon with the coat of arms of the house of Bourbon in the centre. Legend: IND UTROQ FELIX AUSPICE DEO. Mint mark: M crowned. Assayers: D V. In field, value mark 4 S.

Weight: 13.49 gr. - Diameter: 30 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. 455, type 26, no. 222.

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. 162; Ramón Sánchez, J.J., 2013: El tresor de Sant Joan d'Alacant, Alicante, 2013, p. 72 and 116 no. 213.

Monetary Inventory Number: 3771.

A chance find. Treasure of Sant Joan d'Alacant.