1823 Augustine Iturbide Proclamation Medal (Mexico - nude bust)

The 1823 Augustine Iturbide Proclamation Medal (Mexico - nude bust) was struck in 1823 and is part of the Mexican Imperial Coinage series.

Specifications

 * Engraver: F. Gordillo
 * Obverse Design: Nude bust in profile to right
 * Reverse Design: In the field at the top a radiant star or sunburst
 * Edge: Plain
 * Weight:
 * Diameter: 39mm
 * Composition: Silver and copper.
 * Date Minted: 1823
 * Mintage:

Design
Obverse. Nude bust in profile to right; on truncation of shoulder F. Gordillo Around the neck is a narrow ribbon suspending a decoration (probably the cross of the Order of the Eagle). Legend: AUGUST • МЕХ • I • IMPERATOR • CONSTITUT • (Augustine, First Constitutional Emperor of Mexico.)

Reverse. In the field at the top a radiant star or sunburst, and below it an inscription of six lines, PROTO MEDICATUS | EJUS • QUE • SODALES | OBLATAM • JAM • FIDEM | EXIGUO HOC MUNERE | DENUO • TESTANTUR • 1823 • (The chief of the Medical Staff and his associates again testify by this small [or trifling] gift, their loyalty, already tendered.) Rims and edge plain.