Real de a 2

Date: Year 1805.

Obverse:

Nude bust of Charles IV on the right, wearing toupee, ribbon and royal mantle. Caption: CAROLUS IIII DEI G 1805.

Reverse:

Shield crowned and quartered with the arms of Castile and Leon, in the centre escutcheon of the house of Bourbon; in the lower escutcheon Granada. Legend: HISPANIARUM REX. Value sign: R 2, mintmark: S. Assayer: C N.

Weight: 5.95 gr. - Diameter: 27 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. 518, type 100, no. 867.

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. 85 and 138 no. 398.

Monetary Inventory Number: 3915.

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