Real de a 4
Modern age
Metal: Silver.
Issuing entity: Spain. Carlos III.
Mint: Lima (Peru).
Date: Year 1767.
Obverse:
Shield crowned and quartered with the arms of Castile, Leon and Granada; in the centre, escutcheon of the House of Bourbon. Legend: CAROLUS III D G HISPAN ET IND REX. Assayer: J M. Value mark 4.
Reverse:
On sea waves two worlds crowned between the columns of Hercules crowned and with rolled ribbons with the motto PLUS ULTRA. Legend: VTRAQUE VNUM 1767. Mint mark: L M.
Weight: 13.28 gr. - Diameter: 33 mm. - Axes: 12 h.
Described in: Calicó Estivill, F., Calicó Estivill, X., Trigo Real, J., 1994: Las monedas españolas desde Fernando e Isabel a Juan Carlos I.. Years: 1474 to 1994, Barcelona, p.
474, type 107, No. 983.
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. Numismatic collections of the MARQ, Alicante, p. 163.
Monetary Inventory Number: 2335.
MARQ collection. Ancient Numismatic Collection.