Coat of arms of Asturias

Coat of arms of Asturias
Adopted	1984
Crest	Spanish Royal Crown
Shield	Azure, the Cross of Asturias (called that of Victory) Or garnished with precious stones proper, a majuscule Alpha and minuscule Omega pendant from its dexter and sinister arms respectively; and in two lines, in letters Or, the legend Hoc Signo Tvetvr Pivs/Hoc Signo Vincitvr Inimicvs, the first line in the dexter flank and the second in the sinister.[1]

The coat of arms of Asturias is the official coat of arms of the principality of Asturias, an autonomous community within the kingdom of Spain. It was adopted as such on 27 April 1984.

The oldest attributed arms of the Principality of Asturias date from the 16th century, and show a quartered shield with the castle of the Kingdom of Castile, the lion of León and a goblet.^[2] But this coat of arms is wrongly attributed to the Prince and the Principality of Asturias, as proved Gaspar Melchor de Jovellanos, author, philosopher and main figure of the Age of Enlightenment in Spain. This coat of arms appeared in printed books and maps, even It was included in the Encyclopédie of Denis Diderot.