Spain (1535-37) 3 reales
This specimen was lot 149 in Aureo y Calicó sale 448 (Barcelona, March 2025), where it sold for 4,200 € (about US$5,487 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted, "n/d. Carlos I. Barcelona. 3 reales. Obv.: K●ROLVS●V●-IMPERATO●. Rev.: (Castle)HISPANIARVM●ET●VTRIVS●SICILIE●R●. Minted for the expedition to Tunisia. Extremely rare. MBC [very fine]." The Spanish conquered Tunis in 1535, lost it to the Turks in 1569, retook it in 1573 but held it only briefly before losing it for good to the Turks in 1574. The Turks installed autonomous beys, who funded their rule by raiding shipping throughout the Mediterranean. Altho struck in Barcelona, we are listing this under Spain as it was struck by the direct order of Charles V.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 9 g, 0.931 fine silver, this specimen 8.08 g.
Catalog reference: Cayón-3225, AC-95, Cru.C.G. unlisted.
- 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]Sisó, Teresa, Eduard Domingo and Lluís Lalana, Selección de 500 Monedas, Medallas y Billetes, Barcelona: Aureo y Calicó, 2025.
Link to:
- (1535-37) escudo, Barcelona mint, for the capture of Tunis
- (1535-37) ducat, Barcelona mint, for the capture of Tunis
- (1535-55)-B escudo, Burgos mint
- (1535-56)-G R escudo, Granada mint
- (1535-56)-A escudo, Segovia mint
- (1535-56)-D escudo, Segovia mint
- (1535-50)-P escudo, Segovia mint
- (1535-56)-S escudo, Seville mint
- (1535-56)-D S escudo, Seville mint
- (1535-56)-S D escudo, Seville mint
- (1535-56)-T M escudo, Toledo mint
- Coins and currency dated 1535
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