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Live auction - fwo_530530 - MEXICO - CHARLES III 8 Escudos 1784 Mexico

MEXICO - CHARLES III 8 Escudos 1784 Mexico AU/XF
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Estimate : 1 800 €
Price : 1 200 €
Maximum bid : 1 300 €
End of the sale : 04 June 2019 19:27:51
bidders : 1 bidder
Type : 8 Escudos
Date: 1784
Mint name / Town : Mexico
Quantity minted : -
Metal : gold
Millesimal fineness : 901 ‰
Diameter : 36 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 27,06 g.
Edge : cordonnée
Coments on the condition:
Très bel exemplaire conservant ses reliefs et son coupant. La monnaie est nettoyée. Stries d’ajustages au revers sur l’écu. Traces de monture ancienne
Catalogue references :

Obverse


Obverse legend : CAROL. IIII. D. G. - HISP. ET IND. R./ .1784..
Obverse description : Buste de Charles IV drapé et cuirassé à droite avec le bijou de la Toison d'or suspendu à son vêtement.
Obverse translation : (Charles III par la grâce de Dieu, roi d'Espagne et des Indes).

Reverse


Reverse legend : IN UTROQ. FELIX. - .AUSPICE. DEO/ .M°. - .FM..
Reverse description : Écu couronné écartelé en dix pièces : 1 Aragon, 2 Aragon-Sicile, 3 Autriche, 4 Bourgogne moderne, 5 Parme, 6 Toscane, 7 Bourgogne ancien, 8 Flandre, 9 Tyrol, 10 Brabant ; et posé sur le tout écartelé aux 1 et 4 de Castille, aux 2 et 3 de Léon, enté de Grenade ; sur le tout, écu de Bourbon ; le tout entouré du collier de l'ordre de la Toison d'or. 2 - S.
Reverse translation : (Sous le regard de Dieu dans un monde et l'autre).

Historical background


MEXICO - CHARLES III

(1759-14/12/17/1788)

Charles III (20/01/1716-14/12/1788) is the eldest son of Philip V's second marriage, that with Elisabeth Farnese. He was successively Duke of Parma (1731-1735) and King of Naples (1735-1759) then he succeeded his half-brother, Ferdinand VI, as King of Spain in 1759. He married Marie-Amélie de Saxe in 1738 who gave him six children. His son Charles IV succeeded him in 1788 as King of Spain and his other son Ferdinand IV as King of Naples and the Two Sicilies (1759-1825).

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