Santo Domingo (1555-58)-SP F 4 maravedis
This specimen was lot 650 in Sedwick Treasure Auction 27 (Winter Park, FL, May 2020), where it sold for $1,547. The catalog description[1] noted, "Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, copper 4 maravedis, Emperor Charles V (Charles I of Spain), assayer F, mintmark S-P, second series (rare), ex-Rudman. Far less common than the earlier series of copper coins, with S-castle-P (instead of monogram and assayer and denomination) on obverse and lion above assayer (instead of pillars and mintmark) on reverse, KAROLVS OINTVS (quintvs) in legend (as struck after Joanna's death in 1555), intact flan despite minor surface pitting, near XF overall, darkly toned. Pedigreed to the Isaac Rudman numismatic cabinet."
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: copper, this specimen 3.76 grams.
Catalog reference: Cayón-3187, KM-50; Cal-48.
- 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.
- Calicó, Xavier, Numismática Española: Catálogo General con Precios de Todas las Monedas Españolas Acuñadas desde Los Reyes Católicos Hasta Juan Carlos I, 1474 a 2001, Barcelona: Aureo & Calicó, 2008.
- [1]Sedwick, Daniel Frank, Augi Garcia and Cori Sedwick Downing, Treasure Auction 27, Winter Park, FL: Daniel Frank Sedwick LLC, 2020.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
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