363, Lot: 487. Estimate $75. Sold for $80. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MEXICO, Colonial. Carlos IV. King of Spain, 1788-1808. Æ Proclamation Medal (33mm, 13.52 g, 12h). Mexico City mint. By G.A. Gil. Dated 1796. CAROLO • IV • ET • ALOISIAE • HISP • ET • IND • RR • AA •, jugate draped busts right of Carlos IV, laureate, and Maria Luisa; below, MARCH • DE • BRANCIFORTE •/NOV • HISP • PROREX • C • F • ET • D • MEX • AN • 1796. in two curved lines / CARLO • IV • PIO • BENEF • HIS • ET • IND • REGI • around, equestrian statue of Carlos IV right on elaborate pedestal set on three steps and enclosed by a short, decorative fence; four-line inscription to either side; AN • 1796 • in exergue. Grove 268a. EF, brown surfaces, light marks and scratches.

Struck to commemorate the king’s statue originally erected in the Zocalo, or main plaza, in Mexico City, and later moved to its present location on the Paseo de la Reforma.