Spain (1454-74) 1/4 real
The first specimen was lot 110 in Áureo y Calicó sale 347 (Barcelona, March 2020), where it sold for €1,400 (about US$1,848 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"Enrique IV (1454-1474). Coruña. Cuartillo. El rey lleva una venera como broche en el vestido. Muy atractiva. Rara y más así. MBC+. (kingdom of Castile and Leon, Henry IV, 1454-74, cuartillo, Coruña mint. The king wears a scallop shell as brooch on his cloak. Very attractive, rare thus, choice very fine.)"
This type, along with a half cuartillo, was issued from many mints, including Burgos, Coruña (C-1684), Cuenca, Jaen, Leon, Medina del Campo, Segovia, Sevilla, Toledo, Valladolid and Villalon. Henry IV dominated Spain but never ruled all of it. That would be left to his daughter and son-in-law, Isabella and Ferdinand. The second specimen was lot 1341 in Aureo y Calicó sale 423 (Barcelona, December 2023), where it sold for 500 € (about US$648 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[2] noted, "Enrique IV (1454-1474). Cuenca. 1/4 of real. Six-lobed borders on obverse and reverse. Extremely rare. MBC- [about very fine]."
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver or billon, this specimen 3 g. The second specimen is 0,76 g.
Catalog reference: AB. 743 (plate coin), V.Q. 6186 (plate coin), Cayón-1633. The second specimen is AB. 703, Cayón-1623.
- [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.
- [2]Sisó, Teresa, Eduard Domingo and Lluís Lalana, Subasta 423: Subasta Numismatica, Barcelona: Aureo y Calicó, 2023.
Link to:
- (1454-74)-M billon cuartillo, Madrid mint
- (1454-74) billon cuartillo, Segovia mint
- Spain (1454-74)-S 1/4 real, Seville 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