Spain (1497-1504)-B 4 reales
This specimen was lot 135 in Aureo y Calicó sale 448 (Barcelona, March 2025), where it sold for 1,800 € (about US$2,531 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted, "Catholic Monarchs. Burgos. 4 reales. Gothic letters. The legend begins at 1 o'clock. Flan defect on edge. Very rare. Only one known?. MBC/MBC+ [choice very fine]. Ex Isabel de Trastamara Collection 12/12/2018, no. 135." The Burgos mint struck this four reales in numerous varieties. This one has the value to the left of the shield and an annulet to the right and the yoke to the left of the bundle of six arrows (some have five). According to Numista, this design was used well into the reign of Charles V (r. 1516-56).
Recorded mintage: unknown but rare.
Specification: silver, this specimen 13.61 g.
Catalog reference: Cayón-2791, AC-542.
- 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]Sisó, Teresa, Eduard Domingo and Lluís Lalana, Selección de 500 Monedas, Medallas y Billetes, Barcelona: Aureo y Calicó, 2025.
Link to:
- (1497-1504)-B ½ real, Burgos mint
- (1497-1504)-G ½ real, Granada mint
- (1497-1504)-S ½ real, Seville mint
- (1497-1504)-T ½ real, Toledo mint
- Spain (1497-1504)-B real, Burgos mint
- Spain (1497-1504)-G real, Granada mint
- Spain (1497-1504)-S D real, Seville mint
- Spain (1497-1504)-Seg P real, Segovia mint
- Spain (1497-1504)-T real, Toledo mint
- Spain (1497-1504)-G R 2 reales, Granada mint
- (1497-1504)-S D 2 reales, Seville mint
- (1497-1504)-S D 4 reales, Seville mint
- (1497-1504)-B excelente, Burgos mint
- Spain (1497-1504)-G excelente Fr-135, Granada mint
- Spain (1497-1504)-S S 1/2 excelente Fr-150, Seville mint
- Spain (1497-1504)-T I excelente Fr-137, Toledo mint
- Spain (1497-1504)-B 2 excelentes Fr-127, Burgos mint
- Spain (1497-1504)-G 2 excelentes Fr-128, Granada mint
- Spain (1497-1504)-S 2 excelentes Fr-129, Seville mint
- (1497-1504)-S X 2 excelentes
- Spain (1497-1504)-T 2 excelentes Fr-130, Toledo mint
- Spain (1497-1516)-Seg A 2 excelentes Fr-131, Segovia mint
- Spain (1497-1504)-Seg F 4 excelentes Fr-125, Segovia mint
- Spain (1497-1504)-Seg P 4 excelentes Fr-125, Segovia mint
- Spain (1497-1504)-Seg X P 10 excelentes Fr-123, Segovia mint
- Spain (1497-1516)(v) SS ducat Fr-86, Valencia mint
- Coins and currency dated 1497
- return to coins of Spain