1822 Augustine Iturbide Proclamation Medal (Vera Cruz - bust)

The 1822 Augustine Iturbide Proclamation Medal (Vera Cruz - bust) was struck in 1822 and is part of the Mexican Imperial Coinage series.

Specifications

 * Engraver: F Gordillo
 * Obverse Design: Nude bust in profile to right
 * Reverse Design: An ornamental shield upon a bracket
 * Edge: Plain
 * Weight:
 * Diameter: 41mm
 * Composition: Silver
 * Date Minted: 1822
 * Mintage:

Design
Obverse. Nude bust in profile to right; on truncation of shoulder F Gordillo About his neck a ribbon suspending a cross. Legend: AUGUST • МЕХ • I • IMPERATOR • CONSTITUT (Augustine I, Constitutional Emperor.)

Reverse. An ornamental shield upon a bracket; the shield divided per fess (horizontally); in the chief, or upper half, a castle with three towers, the centre one surmounted by a cross (arms of Vera Cruz); in the base, or lower half, the pillars of Hercules with ribbons and motto as usual; the border is charged with thirteen six-pointed stars ; each side of the shield is adorned with a sun-flower, the stalks suspended from the top of the shield and entwined with ribbons. Legend : NOV • VERA CRUZ • PROCLAM • AN • 1822 (New Vera Cruz proclaims [him] in the year 1822.) The reverse of this medal is from the same die as that used for a Proclamation medal of Charles IV, 1789, the alteration in date being badly executed. Rims and edge plain.