A shield

Date: Year 1777.

Obverse:

Bust of Charles III right with cloak and cuirass. Legend: CAROL III D G HISP ET IND R 1777.

Reverse:

Crowned shield surrounded by the golden fleece. The interior of the shield is 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, a quartered coat of arms of Castile and Leon with the coat of arms of the house of Bourbon in the centre. Legend: IN UTROQ FELIX A D. Mint mark: M surmounted by O. Assayers: F M. In field, value mark: 1 S.

Weight: 3.35 gr. - Diameter: 19 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, 464, type 69, no. 586.

Published in: Ramón Sánchez, J.J., 2013: El tresor de Sant Joan d'Alacant, Alicante, 2013, p. 76 and 121 no. 272.

Monetary Inventory Number: 3779.

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