HADRIAN. Denarius (Ar. 3.47g / 19mm). AD 134-168 Eastern mint uncertain. (RIC 381b). Anv: Laureate bust of Hadrian on the right, around legend: HADRIANVS AVGVTVS PP. Rev: Aequitas standing on left holding scale and cornucopia, around legend: PM TR P COS III. Very Fine.
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BOLSCAN (Huesca). Semis. (Ae. 8.99g / 24mm). 180-20 BC (FAB-1918). Anv: Bearded male head to the right, behind dolphin. Rev: Rider with spear to the right, above star, below Iberian legend: BoLSCaN. Very Fine.
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MARCUS AURELIUS. Denarius. (Ar. 3.60g / 18mm). 154-155 AD Rome. (RIC 463b). Anv: Head of Marcus Aurelius to the right, around legend: AVRELIVS CAESAR AVG PII FIL. Rev: Minerva left standing carrying owl and banner with shield, around legend: TR POT VIIII COS II. Very Fine.
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CAISCATA (Cascante, Navarra). As. (Ae. 10.21g / 19mm). 120-20 BC (FAB-687). Anv: Male head bearded to the right, front Iberian letter Ca, back plowed. Rev: Rider with spear to the right, below Iberian legend: CaISCaTa. Fine. Scarce.
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SWITZERLAND. Nice set of 17 coins, most of them 1 Franc in silver, with dates between 1922 and 1982. The set includes a 5 Franc piece from 1922. Different states of preservation. TO EXAMINE.
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CARLOS III (1759-1788). Real Sevillian Economic Society of Friends of the Country. (Pb. 104.21g / 68mm). 1778. Engraver: A. de Saa. (RAH 315-316 metal variation). Anv: Guadalaquivir represented as an old man leaning to the right with a rudder and a jug from which the water flows towards the cultivated fields, in the background, under a large cloud, two ships sailing under sail, above the legend: BIBE DUM FLUO MOX REFLUAM. Rev: Two spinners and a carding machine with their utensils, in the bottom left, a weaver with his loom in operation, above the legend: DIES ET INGENIUM, in exergue: SOCIET PATR HISPAL / A SAA F MDCC LXXVIII. Very Fine. Strange.
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CARLOS III (1759-1788). Prize from the Real Sevillian Economic Society of Friends of the Country. (Pb. 41.91g / 40mm). 1778. Engraver: Tomás F. Prieto. (RAH 318 metal variation; MHE 362, same specimen). Anv: Laureate bust of Carlos IV on the left with jacket, band and necklaces of the fleece and of the order of Carlos III, around legend: CAROLVS III CATHOLICVS. Rev: Laurea and pen intertwined, above tape with legend: PRODESSE LABORAT, below on a pedestal inscribed: SOCIETAS OECONOMICA / HISPALENSIS / A DE MDCCLXXVIII. Almost Extremely Fine. Light tap.
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CARLOS IV (1788-1808). Voto de los Reyes and Principe Fernando at the Academy of Sevilla. (Gilt bronze. 38.96g / 49mm). 1796. Engravers: Pardo and JBA. (Vives 183). Ob: Bust of Carlos IV with cuirass, cape and fleece, around legend: CAROLVS IV REX CATHOL HISPALI PIVS. Rev: In front of a semicircular arcade, the Kings and Prince of Asturias kneeling before the tomb of San Fernando, around the legend: SOLVTIS CAELESTI NVMINI VOTIS, in exergue: HISPAL SCHOL MDCCLXXXXVI. Good Very Fine. Cleaned. Tapping on the edge.
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FERNANDO VII (1808-1833). Restoration of the Constitution of 1812. (Silvered bronze. 71.88 / 50mm). March 7, 1820. Caque and Barre Engravers. (Vives 337 metal variants). Anv: Laureate head of Ferdinand VII on the left, around the legend: FERNANDO VII FOR THE G OF GOD AND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE MON KING OF SPAIN AND YND. Rev: Minerva standing to the left carrying spear and shield, uncovering tablets with inscription: CONSTITUCION POLITICA / DE LA MONARQUIA ESPAṄOLA, around the legend: RESTABLISHED BY THE WISDOM OF THE KING AND THE CONSTANCE OF THE NATION, below: MARCH 7, 1820. Good Very Fine.
The popular Constitution of 1812 was proclaimed up to three times. In addition to the one of 12, it was also in 1820 and in a short period in 1836. In this one that concerns us marks the starting gun of the well-known Liberal Triennium and was sworn in by the king, pressured by the social situation of the country, the March 9, 1820. The Constitution established, among other important developments, that sovereignty rested with the nation, not with the king, the separation of powers or indirect universal male suffrage. Only three years later it ceased to have effect, beginning the so-called Ominous Decade.
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ISABEL II. Nice set formed by 4 coppers of different values and mints, highlighting two coins of 4 maravedís from Jubia. Different states of conservation. TO EXAMINE.
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GORDIAN III. Antoninian. (Ar. 4.83g / 22mm). 240 AD Rome. (RIC 63). Anv: Radiated and draped bust of Gordiano III on the right, around legend: IMP CAES M ANT GORDIANVS AVG. Rev: Liberalitas standing on the left carrying abacus and cornucopia, around legend: LIBERALITAS AVG II. Very Fine.
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