Betts-484
1760 Nueva Cantabria, Mexico Proclamation Medal of Charles III
Estimated Survivors: 3 Known
Obverse Text: CAROL • III • D • VOCAT INDIAR • IMPER • F • P • A • TRIVMPH.
Reverse Text: ECCLESIÆ NOUÆ CANTABRIÆ EPISCOP . ET CAPITULUM | MAR
Catalog Reference
Grove-K-19
Herrera, Charles III, 85
Medina-96
O'Crowley, p. 407
Engraver: Unknown
Composition: Silver
Size: 40.4 mm
Weight: 32.75 grams
The obverse of the medal has an armored draped bust of King Charles III facing the right. On the reverse of the medal is a crowned monogram of the Virgin Mary with cardinals hat above. Below are a fountain, tree, castle, pergola, globe, and a crescent moon. Struck from the same obverse die as the 1761 Guanajuato medal of Charles III Grove-K-28.
The example to the left was sold by Stack's Bowers Galleries in the January 2015 NYINC Auction, where it realized $1,880.
