Spain (1506-16)-Seg K 4 excelentes Fr-125
This specimen was lot 2144 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2022), where it sold for $26,400. The catalog description[1] noted, "High Grade Quadruple Excelentes, SPAIN. Cob 4 Excelentes, ND (1476-1516)-K. Segovia Mint. Ferdinand & Isabella. NGC AU-55. The finest certified of the variety on the NGC population report. Bright and boldly struck featuring Ferdinand and Isabella facing center with aqueduct mintmark above and value 4 below within an inner circle. Very attractive and well centered, most of the legend on both sides is visible and only the slightest amount of wear keeps this coin from uncirculated grades. A very pleasing example of this tough to locate type destined for a fine cabinet. From the Pat Johnson Collection." Cayón lists several assayers (A, K, F, P) for this rare issue, which was also struck at Burgos, Seville and Toledo. Ten, twenty and fifty excelentes were also struck, probably for presentation. Assayer K operated after Isabella's death.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: gold, this specimen 13.86 g.
Catalog reference: Cayón-2956, Fr-125; Cal-772.
- 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.
- Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed., Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The 2022 NYINC Sale: World and Ancient Coins, featuring the Mark and Lottie Salton Collection and the Pat Johnson Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2021.
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