Summary

Medal - Charles IV and Aloisia, Spain 1796 (AD)

On April, 1796, by order of the Viceroy of New Spain Miguel de la Grúa Talamanca y Branciforte, marqués de Branciforte, Pere d'Alberní i Teixidor (January 30, 1747 - March 11, 1802) and his company of 72 men were moved to California to take care of the Spanish military garrisons of Monterrey, Santa Bárbara, San Diego and San Francisco. Across the San Lorenzo River, Alberní founded a town called Villa Branciforte (Spanish for Branciforte Village), in honor of the Viceroy of New Spain. Villa Branciforte later merged with the community of Mission Santa Cruz, which had been founded in 1791 by the Basque Father Fermín Lasuén, and together they formed what is known today as the city of Santa Cruz.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pere_d'Albern%C3%AD_i_Teixidor

Physical Description

A round bronze medal (59 mm dia). The obverse features the conjoined draped busts of the King and Queen; around, CAROLO IV ALOISIA HISP ET IND RR AA; below in two lines, MARCH DE BRANCIFORTE / NOV. HISP. PROREX. C. F. ET D. MEX. AN. 1796; the artist name on the bust truncation, C.A. GIL.The reverse depicts a larfge equestrian statue facing right on base; around, CARLO IV PIO BENEF HISP ET IND REGIO; in exergue, AN 1796; the statue divides the legend, MICH . LA . GRUA. MARCH . DE / BRANCHIFORTE NOV. HISP . / PROREX . SUAE . MEXICANAEQUE / FIDELIT H.M.P.

Obverse Description

The conjoined draped busts of the King and Queen; around, CAROLO IV ALOISIA HISP ET IND RR AA; below in two lines, MARCH DE BRANCIFORTE / NOV. HISP. PROREX. C. F. ET D. MEX. AN. 1796; the artist name on the bust truncation, C.A. GIL.

Reverse Description

The reverse depicts a larfge equestrian statue facing right on base; around, CARLO IV PIO BENEF HISP ET IND REGIO; in exergue, AN 1796; the statue divides the legend, MICH . LA . GRUA. MARCH . DE / BRANCHIFORTE NOV. HISP . / PROREX . SUAE . MEXICANAEQUE / FIDELIT H.M.P.

Edge Description

Plain

Significance

On April, 1796, by order of the Viceroy of New Spain Miguel de la Grúa Talamanca y Branciforte, marqués de Branciforte, Pere d'Alberní i Teixidor (January 30, 1747 - March 11, 1802) and his company of 72 men were moved to California to take care of the Spanish military garrisons of Monterrey, Santa Bárbara, San Diego and San Francisco. Across the San Lorenzo River, Alberní founded a town called Villa Branciforte (Spanish for Branciforte Village), in honor of the Viceroy of New Spain. Villa Branciforte later merged with the community of Mission Santa Cruz, which had been founded in 1791 by the Basque Father Fermín Lasuén, and together they formed what is known today as the city of Santa Cruz.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pere_d'Albern%C3%AD_i_Teixidor

More Information

  • Collecting Areas

    Public Life & Institutions

  • Acquisition Information

    Transfer from National Gallery of Victoria (NGV), 15 Mar 1976

  • Date Issued

    1796 AD

  • Issued By

    Spain, 1796

  • Inscriptions

    CAROLO IV ALOISIA HISP ET IND RR AA MARCH DE BRANCIFORTE / NOV. HISP. PROREX. C. F. ET D. MEX. AN. 1796 C.A. GIL. CARLO IV PIO BENEF HISP ET IND REGIO AN 1796 MICH . LA . GRUA. MARCH . DE / BRANCHIFORTE NOV. HISP . / PROREX . SUAE . MEXICANAEQUE / FIDELIT H.M.P.

  • Material

    Bronze

  • Axis

    12

  • Classification

    Medals, Commemorative

  • Category

    History & Technology

  • Discipline

    Numismatics

  • Type of item

    Object

  • Dimensions

    59 mm (Outside Diameter), 9.46 (Weight)
    loop cut off rim

  • Shape

    Round