Medal - Ferdinand VI Proclamation; Seville; 4 Reales
Features
| Location |
Spain
 |
|---|---|
| King |
Ferdinand VI (1746-1759)
|
| Type | Personality medals › Coronation and election medals |
| Year | 1746 |
| Composition | Silver |
| Weight | 10.55 g |
| Diameter | 31 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Technique | Milled |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| Number | N# 572505 |
| References | RT# 52 María Ruiz Trapero; 2003. Catálogo de la colección de medallas españolas del Patrimonio Nacional. Madrid, Spain (3 volumes). Juan Claudio de Ramón, Isabel Rodríguez Casanova, Alberto J. Cantó García; 2018. Medallas de la Historia de España / Volumen II: De Carlos II a Carlos III = Medals from the History of Spain. Real Casa de la Moneda, Madrid, Spain. 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.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 Ferdinand VI
Obverse
Bust of king Ferdinand VI facing right.
Script: Latin
Lettering: ❀ FERDINANDUS ❀ VI ❀ D ❀ G ❀ HISPANIARUM ❀ REX ❀
Unabridged legend: Ferdinandus VI Dei Gratia Hispaniarum Rex
Translation: Ferdinand VI king of the Spains by the Grace of God.
Engraver: F. Hernández Escudero
Reverse
Saint Fernando, seated on throne facing forward with crown, armor, and cloak, and having a sword in his right hand and a globe with a cross in his left; on the sides are the Saint's brothers Isidoro and Leandro, seated with miters and staffs
Script: Latin
Lettering:
❀ HISPAL ❀ IN ❀ EIVS ❀ PROCLAMATIONE ❀
NO 8 DO
1746
Unabridged legend: Hispalis in eius Proclamatione
Translation: Hispalis (Seville) in its proclamation.
Comments
Reference: Ha. 28
Ferdinand VI, known as "the Prudent" or "the Just," ascended to the Spanish throne on July 9, 1746, following the death of his father, Philip V, and was proclaimed king in Madrid on August 10 of the same year. His reign (1746-1759) was marked by a period of peace, international neutrality, internal development, and the promotion of the arts under the influence of his wife, Barbara of Braganza.
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