Real de a 4

Date: Year 1795.

Obverse:

Nude bust of Charles IV right with wig, ribbon and royal mantle. Caption: CAROLUS IIII DEI GRATIA 1795.

Reverse:

Shield crowned and quartered with the arms of Castile and León and Granada. In the centre, escutcheon of the Bourbon dynasty. Legend: HISPANIARUM REX. Mint mark: M crowned. Value mark: R 4. Assayers: M F.

Weight: 13.43 gr. - Diameter: 32 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. 514, type 85, no. 715.

Published in: Ramón Sánchez, J.J., 2013: El tresor de Sant Joan d'Alacant, Alicante, 2013, p. 79 and 125 no. 303.

Monetary Inventory Number: 3882.

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