CoinsSpanish19th century
Five Peseta Coin
1876
Artists
Unidentified ArtistArtist
Description
Obverse: Alphonso XII in left profile, bare-headed; reverse: crowned coat of arms (two castles, two lions, three fleurs-de-lys at center = Castile-Leon, with the escutcheon representing Anjou) with column at either side. Two pillars represent the Straits of Gibraltar; a banner reads "PLUS ULTRA." A pomegranate at the bottom represents Granada.
Dimensions
3.8 cm diam. x 0.3 cm depth (1 1/2 x 1/8 in.) 17.82 g
Provenance
Frederick M. Watkins, Bequest to the Fogg Art Museum, 1972.
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