Castile (1350-69)-B real

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Stack's Bowers 2022 ANA sale, lot 36553
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This specimen was lot 36553 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Chicago, August 2022), where it sold for $456. The catalog description[1] noted, "SPAIN. Real, ND (1350-69)-B. Burgos Mint. Peter I. NGC AU-55." Pedro el Cruel was king of Castile and Leon at the age of fifteen. His reign was turbulent and he was captured and killed by his half brother Enrique II, conde de Trastamara. This type and the accompanying half real were struck at Burgos, Coruña and Seville.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 3.43 g, 0.931 fine silver.

Catalog reference: Cayón-1287, Bautista-527; AB-378.

Source:

  • 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, The 2022 ANA Auction - Ancients & World Coins - Featuring The Salton Collection Part III, the Augustana Collection and the Robert C. Knepper Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2022.

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