^Lot 1070 COLOMBIA, Riohacha, cast 2 reales-sized proclamation medal, Ferdinand VII, 1808, Spanish legends, ex

COLOMBIA, Riohacha, cast 2 reales-sized proclamation medal, Ferdinand VII, 1808, Spanish legends, extremely rare, NGC VF details / mount removed. Restrepo-12 (p. 129); Herrera-unl; Medina-365. 26 mm. Obverse with two-headed imperial eagle with wings spread, holding an ax (hacha), within legend FERNANDO VII LEALTAD RH, date 1808 below; reverse with crowned Spanish royal arms within legend REY DE ESPANA E INDIAS. Bold details with dark toning all over, extra metal from mounting on top and bottom, which distinguishes it from the only other two examples known: the Vidal Quadras piece (number 13322), and one in Restrepo that was sold in the Ponterio auction of December 1986 (lot 517). Pedigreed to the Aureo & Calicó auction of April 2021, lot 109.
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