Real de a 8

Date: Year 1803.

Obverse:

Nude bust of Charles IV right with wig, ribbon and royal mantle. Caption: CAROLUS IIII DEI G 1803.

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: S. Value mark: R 8.

Weight: 26.83 gr. - Diameter: 39 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. 510, type 72, no. 597.

Published in: Ramón Sánchez, J.J., 2013: El tresor de Sant Joan d'Alacant, Alicante, 2013, p. 85 and 137 no. 395.

Monetary Inventory Number: 3830.

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