Real de a 2

Date: Year 1708.

Obverse:

Shield crowned and quartered with the arms of Castile, León and Granada. In the centre, escutcheon of the Bourbon dynasty. Legend: PHILIP V D G HISPANIAR REX. Value mark: R II. Mint mark: aqueduct. Assayer: Y.

Reverse:

Double P and V crowned. Legend: DEXTERA D EXALTAVIT ME 1708.

Weight: 4.29 gr. - Diameter: 28 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, Barcelona, p. 384, type 174, no. 995.

Published in: Ramón Sánchez, J.J., 2013: El tresor de Sant Joan d'Alacant, Alicante, 2013, p. 63 and 104 nº 64.

Monetary Inventory Number: 3898.

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