Castile (1284-95)-M cornado
This specimen was lot 49365 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2026), where it sold for $125. The catalog description[1] noted, "SPAIN. Kingdom of Castille & Leon. Cornado, ND (1284-95)-M. Murcia Mint. Sancho IV. NGC AU-55. From the Kyle Ponterio Collection." Sancho IV, son and heir of Alfonso IX the Wise, ruled Castile and Leon until his death in 1295, aged 36 years. Sancho's coinage comprised doblas in gold and cornados in billon. A cornado was nine dineros, the dinero having been debased to uselessness. This type was struck at Burgos, Coruña, Cuenca, Leon, Murcia, Toledo and Seville with various mintmarks. Cornados seisenos, worth six dineros, were also struck.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: billon, this specimen 0.82 g.
Catalog reference: Cayón-1189; FAB-300.11.
- Cayón, Adolfo, Clemente Cayón and Juan Cayón, Las Monedas Españolas, del Tremis al Euro: del 411 a Nuestros Dias, 2 volumes, Madrid: Cayón-Jano S.L., 2005.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, January 2026 NYINC Showcase Auction, Ancient and World Coins, featuring the Kazmier Wysocki Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2025.
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- (1252-84) noven, Cuenca mint
- Castile (1252-84)-B noven, Burgos mint
- Castile (1286-95)-B cornado, Burgos mint
- (1286-95)-C cornado of 9 dineros, Cuenca mint
- Castile (1286-95)-L * cornado, Leon mint
- Castile (1379-90)-L cornado Leon mint, Juan I
- Coins and currency dated 1284