Spain (1556-82)-B 2 maravedis

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Aureo y Calicó sale 448, lot 153

This specimen was lot 153 in Aureo y Calicó sale 448 (Barcelona, March 2025), where it sold for 1,700 € (about US$2,221 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted, "n/d (before 1582). Felipe II. Burgos. 1 ochavo (2 maravedis). Very nice. Some of its original luster. Rare in this condition. EBC [extremely fine]." This denomination was struck for Philip II at Burgos (shown here), La Coruña, Cuenca, Granada, Segovia, Toledo and Valladolid. Crudely struck, many varieties exist. This one is marked with a "B" to the left and a crescent moon to the right. Numista states that the early ones were billon, around 0.7 g, and the later ones were copper, around 4.2 g. The problem with that theory is that this example doesn't fit either.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: copper or billon, this specimen 2.79 g.

Catalog reference: Cayón-3308, AC-51.

Sources:

  • 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.

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