Real de a 2

Date: Year 1781

Obverse:

Laureate bust right with toupee, ribbon, cuirass and mantle. Legend: CAROLUS III DEI GRATIA 1781.

Reverse:

Crowned and quartered shield with the arms of Castile and Leon and Granada and in the centre, escutcheon of the Bourbon Dynasty. On the sides, columns of Hercules with scrolled ribbons with the motto PLUS ULTRA. Legend: HISPAN ET IND REX. Mint mark: S surmounted by O. Value sign: 2 R. Assayers: D A.

Weight: 6.46 gr. - Diameter: 28.4 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. 480, type 131, no. 1277.

Published in: Ramón Sánchez, J.J., 2013: El tresor de Sant Joan d'Alacant, Alicante, 2013, p. 77 and 123 nº 283.

Monetary Inventory Number: 4065.

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