Spain (15)93-Seg Io real

From CoinVarieties
Jump to navigation Jump to search
Stack's Bowers October 2025 Collectors Choice sale, lot 73355
SB1025-73355r.jpg

This specimen was lot 73355 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, October 2025), where it sold for $192. The catalog description[1] noted, "SPAIN. Cob Real, 1593-Io. Segovia Mint. Philip II. PCGS VF-35. From the Richard August Collection." Assayer I (or IO) is listed for 1591-95. While machine struck coins exist from Segovia from the 1590's, this example is a cob.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 3.38 g, 0.931 fine silver, this specimen 3.59 g.

Catalog reference: Cayón-3546, Cal-249.

Source:

  • Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
  • 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.
  • Menzel, Sewall, Cobs, Pieces of Eight and Treasure Coins, New York: The American Numismatic Society, 2004.
  • [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, October 2025 World Collectors Choice Online Auction, featuring the Kirk Menczer Collection of Republican Decimal Minors and the Richard August Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2025.

Link to: