1822 Augustine Iturbide Proclamation Medal (Guanajuato)

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

Specifications

 * Engraver: Trasgallo
 * Obverse Design: Busts of Augustine and Anna
 * Reverse Design: The figure of the Virgin (?) holding a cross
 * Edge: Plain
 * Weight:
 * Diameter: 36mm
 * Composition: Silver and copper
 * Date Minted: 1822
 * Mintage:

Design
Obverse. Busts of Augustine and Anna, jugata, in profile to right, the Emperor in military dress, with Order band and mantle ; beneath the busts in a line curving upward, AUGUSTIN • I • V • ANA • MARIA • Legend : LA • N • V • L • C • DE • GUANAIUATO • PROCLAMANDO • A • SUS • AUGUSTOS • EMPERADORES • (which we may perhaps read, The noble and loyal city [noble y leal ciudad] of Guanajuato in proclamation of their August Imperial Rulers, Augustine and Anna); the whole surrounded by an ornamental border of double lines and small circles.

Reverse. The figure of the Virgin (?) holding a cross and palm in her left and a chalice (?) in her right hand, in a crowned and ornamental shield adorned with foliated ornaments at the top and sides, and two palm branches crossed below and tied with ribbons, the whole resting on a horizontal bar, on which TRASGALLO. (Engraver.) In the field at the sides of the shield, to left AÑO and to right 1822 Legend: LES • D • O • VC • ESTE • MONU MENTO - DE SU FIDELIDAD (we read this, The authorities of Guanajuato issue this monument or token of their loyalty); surrounded by an ornamental border, same as obverse.