Spain (1454-74)-S 1/4 real
This specimen was lot 108 in Áureo y Calicó sale 347 (Barcelona, March 2020), where it sold for €4,200 (about US$5,543 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"Enrique IV (1454-1474). Sevilla. Cuarto de real. Orla cuatrilobular en anverso y circular en reverso. No figuraba en nuestras colecciones especializadas Guiomar ni Berceo. Muy rara. MBC. (kingdom of Castile and Leon, Henry IV, 1454-74, undated quarter real, Seville mint. Quadrilobe on obverse and circle on reverse. Missing from the Guiomar and Berceo collections. Very rare, very fine.)"
This tiny coin was also struck at Cuenca and Segovia.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver or billon, this specimen 0,80 g.
Catalog reference: AB. unlisted, Cayón-1626.
- [1]Sisó, Teresa, Eduard Domingo and Lluís Lalana, Subasta Publica 347: Seleccion de 500 Monedas, Medallas y Billetes, Barcelona: Áureo y Calicó, 2020.
- Cayón, Adolfo, Clemente Cayón and Juan Cayón, Las Monedas Españolas, del Tremis al Euro: del 411 a Nuestros Dias, vol. 1, Madrid: Cayón-Jano S.L., 2005.
Link to:
- (1454-74)-M billon cuartillo, Madrid mint
- (1454-74) billon cuartillo, Segovia mint
- Spain (1454-74) 1/4 real, Coruña mint
- (1454-74)-B half real, Burgos mint
- (1454-71) real, Segovia mint
- Spain (1454-71)-T real, Toledo mint
- (1454-74)-S medio castellano, Seville mint
- Spain (1454-74)-S castellano Fr-113, Seville mint
- Spain (1471-74)-C real, Cuenca mint
- Spain (1471-74)-S real, Seville mint
- Coins and currency dated 1454