Spain (1454-71)-Seg real
This specimen was lot 1795 in Stephen Album sale 38 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2020), where it sold for $261.80. The catalog description[1] noted, "SPAIN: Enrique IV, 1454-1474, AR real, ND, Segovia Mint issue, crowned bust left with +ENRICVS QVARTVS REX CAST around // arms of Castile and Leon with +ENRICVS DEI GRACIA REX C around, scarce legend variant, edge defect at 10:00, generally good strike, EF, S." This type was struck with many variations at Burgos, Cuenca, Palencia, Seville, Toledo, Valladolid and Segovia. Burgos and Seville are the most common. This is one of the first uses of the aqueduct as the mintmark for Segovia. The king's portrait was dropped in favor of his monogram in 1471. Henry was king of Castile and Leon but not of Aragon or Navarre. His niece, Isabella, and Ferdinand of Aragon would unite Spain.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specifications: silver, this specimen 3.35 g.
Catalog reference: Heiss-13, Cayón-1593.
- 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]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 38, featuring the Dabestani Collection of Persian Coins, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2020.
Links:
- (1454-74)-M billon cuartillo, Madrid mint
- (1454-74) billon cuartillo, Segovia mint
- Spain (1454-74)-S 1/4 real, Seville mint
- Spain (1454-74) 1/4 real, Coruña mint
- (1454-74)-B half real, Burgos mint
- Spain (1454-71)-T real, Toledo mint
- (1454-74)-S medio castellano, Seville mint
- Spain (1454-74)-S castellano Fr-113, Seville mint
- Castile and Leon (1465-68)-S dobla Fr-119
- (1471-74)-B real, Burgos mint
- (1471-74)-C real, Cuenca mint
- Spain (1471-74)-S real, Seville mint
- Coins and currency dated 1454