Spain (1566-88)(v) Ao 4 reales
This specimen was lot 72226 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, November 2022), where it sold for $960. The catalog description[1] noted, "SPAIN. Cob 4 Reales, ND (1566-88)-Ao. Valladolid Mint. Philip II. PCGS AU-58+. This highly original 4 Reales piece displays light gray toning and bright original luster. Most of the outer legends are visible and sharply readable, along with quite clear mintmark, assayer, and denomination. A beautiful coin, not commonly seen in this grade. From the Pat Johnson Collection." The mintmark of the Valladolid mint was three pennants flapping in the breeze. The Valladolid mint struck coins by the hammer until 1613. Never a major mint, most of its products are scarce today.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 13.73 g, 0.931 fine silver, this specimen 13.66 g.
Catalog reference: Cayón-3806, Cal-626.
- 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]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The November 2022 Collectors Choice Ancient & World Coins Auction, Featuring the Pat Johnson Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2022.
Link to:
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- (1556-90)-A 2 escudos, Valladolid mint
- (1556-90)-A 4 escudos, Valladolid mint
- (1576-87)-G Fo 4 reales, Granada mint
- (15)92-F 4 reales, Valladolid mint
- Coins and currency dated 1566
- return to Spanish pre-decimal coinage (maravedis, reales and escudos)