GIL, Geronimo Antonio: Spain, 1776, Bronze, 60 mm
Obv: Bust of Carlos III    . CARLOS . III . PADRE . DE . LA . PATRIA .
Rev: Farm worker, kneeling, holding farm implement, receiving reward from City goddess, leaning on shield. Farm implements and cornucopia around. Landscape with ships at sea in background.   SOCORRE AL DILIGENTE . NIEGA AL PEREZOSO
Signed: G. GIL. / GIL
Exergue: REALMONTE PIO DE SOCORRO PARA LOS COSECHEROS DEL OBISPADO DE MALAGA ESTABLECI.^O ANO DE 1776.
Ref: Forrer VII, p. 358 "This medal brought Gil's name to the fore."; Marina Cano Cuesta, Catálogo de Medallas Españolas, Museo Nacional de Prado; Weiss BW362

Málaga is a maritime province of Spain, one of the eight modern subdivisions of Andalusia. The city of Málaga, the capital of Málaga province, is an Episcopal see and a port of southern Spain situated on the Mediterranean. The city has a long and tumultuous history. It was founded by the Phoenicians, passed to Carthaginian rule and became an ally of Rome. Later it fell to the Visigoths, then to the Arabs, and finally to Ferdinand and Isabella in 1487. It survived rebellions of the Moors in 1501, an English naval attack in 1570 and French occupation from 1810 to 1812.

The provincial museum of fine arts contains paintings by Zurbaran, Guido Reni and other masters including several by Pablo Picasso, who was born in Málaga.

This medal commemorates the foundation of the Royal Development Loan Institution of the Diocese of Málaga.