Spain (1497-1504)-B real

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Jean Elsen sale 137, lot 860

This specimen was lot 860 in Jean Elsen sale 137 (Brussels, June 2018), where it did not sell. The catalog description[1] noted,

"ESPAGNE, Royaume, Ferdinand et Isabelle (1474-1504), AR real, à partir de 1497, Burgos. Différent: hermine. D/ Ecu royal couronné. R/ Faisceau de six flèches attaché à un joug. En dessous, B. Très Beau. (kingdom of Spain, Ferdinand and Isabella, 1474-1504, undated silver real, after 1497, Burgos mint, ermine privy mark. Obverse: crowned arms; reverse: bundle of six arrows, "B" below. Very fine.)"

Cayón devotes 133 catalog numbers to the various varieties of this type, struck at seven mints: Burgos, nos. 2618-2631, Coruña, nos. 2632-2639, Cuenca, nos. 2640-2653, Granada, nos. 2654-2674, Segovia, nos. 2675-2693, Seville, nos. 2696-2726, Toledo nos. 2731-2750. There are also 2, 4 and 8 reales with this design.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 3.38 g, 0.931 fine silver, this specimen 3,28 g.

Catalog reference: C.C.T. 233, Cayón-2618.

Source:

  • [1]Elsen, Philippe, et al., Vente Publique 137, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils, S.A., 2018.
  • 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.
  • 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.

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