Spain (1497-1504)-S 1/2 real
The first specimen was lot 70322 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Santa Ana, CA, May 2020), where it did not sell. The catalog description[1] noted, "SPAIN. 1/2 Real, ND (1474-1504)-S. Seville Mint. Ferdinand & Isabel. NGC VF-30. Obverse: Bundle of arrows; Reverse: Bow with star and S. A wholesome and decently toned example of this minor." This fairly common type was also struck at Granada, Burgos, Toledo, Segovia, Cuenca and Coruña in a multitude of varieties. The catalog number assigned below is for the variety with the mintmark "S" on one side only and an eight-pointed star. The second specimen was lot 1214 in Stephen Album sale 50 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2024), where it sold for $204. The catalog description[2] noted, "SPAIN: Fernando and Isabel, 1469-1504, AR 1/2 real, Seville Mint, well struck and centered, About XF, ex Dr. Robert A. Rosenfeld Collection."
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver, the first specimen 1.57 g; the second specimen 1.90 g.
Catalog reference: The first specimen: Cayón-2599, Cal-Type 244 #469. The second specimen is Cayón-2597 (six pointed star), Cal-474.
- 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, Richard Ponterio and Kyle Ponterio, The May 2020 Collector's Choice sale: World and Ancient Coins, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2020.
- [2]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 50, featuring selections from the Dr. Robert A. Rosenfeld Collection, the Hakim Hamidi Collection, the Almer H. Orr III Collection and the Solar Collection, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2024.
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