Spain (1479-1504)-S * 4 reales
This specimen was lot 72214 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, November 2022), where it sold for $660. The catalog description[1] noted, "SPAIN. Cob 4 Reales, ND (1474-1504)-S*. Seville Mint. Ferdinand & Isabella. PCGS AU-55. This beautiful 4 Reales piece is well-struck on a round planchet. The outer legends are nearly completely intact, with only a few spots of flatness. The surfaces are pleasingly toned to an even pewter-gray. The central details on both sides are complete and sharply detailed. A wonderfully original example, showing just two tiny edge splits. From the Pat Johnson Collection." Isabel was queen of Castile 1474-1504; Ferdinand king of Navarre and Aragon 1479-1516; their joint rule of Spain dates 1479-1504. Undated four reales are known from Burgos, Cuenca, Granada, Segovia, Seville and Toledo, most with multiple assayers.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 13.73 g, 0.931 fine silver, this specimen 13.59 g.
Catalog reference: Cayón-2828, Cal-561.
- 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]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The November 2022 Collectors Choice Ancient & World Coins Auction, Featuring the Pat Johnson Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2022.
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- Coins and currency dated 1479
- return to Spanish pre-decimal coinage (maravedis, reales and escudos)