Real de a 4

Date: Year 1810.

Obverse:

Nude bust of Joseph Bonaparte to the left. Legend: IOSEPH NAP NAP DEI GRATIA 1810.

Reverse:

Shield crowned and quartered with the arms of Castile, Leon and Granada and, in the centre, escutcheon of Bonaparte. Legend: HISPANIARUM ET IND REX. Mint mark: M crowned. Value mark: 4 R. Assayers: A I.

Weight: 5.7 gr. - Diameter: 26 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. 537, type 15, no. 52.

Published in: Ramón Sánchez, J.J., 2013: El tresor de Sant Joan d'Alacant, Alicante, 2013, p. 86 and 139 no. 406.

Monetary Inventory Number: 4078.

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