Spain (15)95-Seg Io 4 reales

from the Stack's Bowers 2024 ANA sale, lot 47646

This specimen was lot 47646 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Chicago, August 2024), where it sold for $960. The catalog description^[1] noted, "SPAIN. 4 Reales, 1595-I. Segovia Mint. Philip II. NGC MS-61." Assayer I (or IO) is listed for 1591-95. While machine struck four reales exist from Segovia from the 1590's, this example is a cob. This example sports a two digit date, very unusual for Spain issues.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 13.73 g, 0.931 fine silver, this specimen 13.65 g.

Catalog reference: Cayón-3868, Cal-548.

Source:

• 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 Felipe VI, 1474 a 2020, Barcelona: Aureo & Calicó, 2019.
• ^[1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, August 2024 Global Showcase Auction, World & Ancient Coins, featuring The Emilio M. Ortiz Collection, The Richard Margolis Collection and The Rutherford Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2024.

Link to:

• (15)93-Seg 4 reales
• 1593-S 4 reales
• 1593-T^O 4 reales
• 1594-G 4 reales
• 1595-G 2 reales
• 1595 2 reales, Valladolid mint
• 1595-G 4 reales
• 1595-S 4 reales
• 1595-T^O C 4 reales
• 1595-D 4 reales, Valladolid mint
• 1596-Seg FE 4 reales
• Coins and currency dated 1595
• return to Spanish pre-decimal coinage (maravedis, reales and escudos)