Spain (1471-74)-S real
This specimen was lot 1343 in Aureo y Calicó sale 423 (Barcelona, December 2023), where it sold for 240 € (about US$311 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted, "Enrique IV (1454-1474). Seville. Monogram real. Crowned lion. Rare reverse legend. MBC [very fine]." One reales were struck until 1471 with the king's portrait on the obverse, then with a crowned monogram thereafter. The Seville issue comes with the mintmark at the top or bottom of the reverse. 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 3,29 g.
Catalog reference: Imperatrix E4:28.14, same example, AB. 713 var, Cayón-1609 ("S" at top)).
- 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]Sisó, Teresa, Eduard Domingo and Lluís Lalana, Subasta 423: Subasta Numismatica, Barcelona: Aureo y Calicó, 2023.
Link to:
- Spain (1454-74) 1/4 real Cuenca mint
- Spain (1454-74)-S 1/4 real, Seville mint
- (1454-74)-B half real, Burgos mint
- (1454-71) real, Segovia mint
- (1454-71)-T real, Toledo mint
- (1454-74)-S medio castellano, Seville mint
- Spain (1454-74)-S castellano Fr-113, Seville mint
- (1471-74)-B real, Burgos mint
- (1471-74)-C real, Cuenca mint
- (1471-74) half enrique de la silla, Segovia mint
- (1471-74) enrique de la silla, Jaen mint
- (1471-74) enrique de la silla, Seville mint
- Coins and currency dated 1471