Real de a 1

Date: Year 1739

Obverse:

Shield crowned and quartered with the arms of Castile and León and Granada. In the centre, escutcheon of the Bourbon dynasty. Legend: PHILIP V D G HISPAN ET IND REX.

Reverse:

On sea waves, two worlds crowned between the crowned columns of Hercules and with the motto PLUS VULTRA. Legend: UTRAQUE VNUM 1739. M mintmark: M surmounted by O. Mintmark: M surmounted by O. Value sign: R 1.

Weight: 3.11 gr. - Diameter: 20 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. 394, type 213 no. 1389.

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

Monetary Inventory Number: 4190.

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