Medal - Charles IV Proclamation; Madrid
Features
| Location |
Spain
 |
|---|---|
| King |
Charles IV (Carlos IV) (1788-1808)
|
| Type | Personality medals › Coronation and election medals |
| Year | 1789 |
| Composition | Silver |
| Weight | 27.1 g |
| Diameter | 38 mm |
| Thickness | 2.5 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Technique | Milled |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| Number | N# 280479 |
| References | RT# 150 María Ruiz Trapero; 2003. Catálogo de la colección de medallas españolas del Patrimonio Nacional. Madrid, Spain (3 volumes). Antonio Vives y Escudero; 1916. Medallas de la Casa de Borbón: de D. Amadeo I, del Gobierno Provisional y de la República Española = Medals of the House of Bourbon. Madrid, Spain. Pere Pau Ripollès Alegre, Juan Manuel Abascal Palazón; 2000. Monedas hispánicas. Real Academia de la Historia, Madrid, Spain.Forgotten Books (publisher); 2018. Catálogo de la Colección de Monedas y Medallas de Manuel Vidal Quadras y Ramón de Barcelona = Catalog of the Collection of Coins and Medals of Manuel Vidal Quadras and Ramón de Barcelona. Forgotten Books. |
Commemorative issue
Proclamation of Charles IV
Obverse
Bust of King Carlos IV facing right.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
CAROLVS IIII REX CATHOLICVS
SEPVLVEDA
Translation: Charles IV, Catholic king.
Engraver: Pedro González de Sepúlveda
Reverse
Matron standing (Madrid) holding a royal banner with her right hand and supporting the shield with her left hand the arms of the city of Madrid. Latin legend around and in exergue on three lines with date.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
REGNORVM REGIMINE SVSCEPTO
MATRITI
XVI KAL · FEBRVARIAS
MDCCLXXXVIIII
Unabridged legend: XVI Kalendas Febrvarias MDCCLXXXVIIII.
Translation: I accept the reign of the king. Madrid, 17 January 1789.
Edge
Plain
Mint
Royal Mint of Madrid (Real Casa de la Moneda de Madrid), Spain (1591-date)Comments
References: Herrera# 63
Charles IV (Spanish: Carlos Antonio Pascual Francisco Javier Juan Nepomuceno José Januario Serafín Diego de Borbón y Sajonia; 11 November 1748 – 20 January 1819) was King of Spain and ruler of the Spanish Empire from 1788 to 1808.
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
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