Medal - Charles IV Proclamation; El Puerto de Santa María; 4 Reales
Features
| Location |
Spain
 |
|---|---|
| King |
Charles IV (Carlos IV) (1788-1808)
|
| Type | Personality medals › Coronation and election medals |
| Year | 1789 |
| Composition | Silver |
| Weight | 13.92 g |
| Diameter | 33 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Technique | Milled |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| Number | N# 565815 |
| References | RT# 163 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
Laureate bust of king Charles IV facing right.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
CAROL · IV · D · G · H · R · AUREA COND · SECULA
❀ 1789 ❀
Unabridged legend: Carolus IV Dei Gratia Hispaniarum Rex Aurea Conduc. Secula
Translation: Charles IV King of the Spains by the Grace of God, Golden Age Foundation.
Reverse
Emblem of El Puerto de Santa María with fortress above the sea, above among the clouds, the Virgin with the child in her arms on a crescent moon.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
❀ IN GREMIO · MATRIS · RESIDET · SAPIENTIA · PATRIS ·
S ❀ P ❀ Q ❀ ❀ P ❀ S ❀ M ❀
Translation: In the Mother's womb rests the wisdom of the Father.
Comments
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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