1153 | Medals

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FERNANDO VII (1808-1833). Restitution of Absolutism. The Quadruple Alliance exalted in the city of Segovia. (Ae.30.53g / 40mm). 1823. Engraver. N. Bartolomé y montejo. (You Vives 342). Anv: Bust of Ferdinand VII with embroidered lapel coat, jabot shirt, band and the collar of the fleece, around legend: FERDIN 7º SEDITIOSIS ITERUM PROFLIGATIS, under the bust legend: MONET SEGOVIENSIS. Rev: Cross formed by a crowned bidet eagle and four crowns, surrounded by a branch of laurel and oak, linked. Almost Extremely Fine. Limited.

At the Congress of Verona, held between October and December 1822, the Holy Alliance had agreed to provide the King of Spain with the support requested. After the withdrawal of England, it was France, Prussia, Austria and Russia that formed the Quadruple Alliance that on April 7 and under the command of the Duke of Angouleme entered Spain to restore Ferdinand VII as absolute monarch. This medal, evocative of "the glorious restitution of His Majesty to the enjoyment of the fullness of his sovereign rights", was struck by royal order of February 1824 in the Segovia mint by the acting master engraver Nicolás Bartolomé y Montejo.