Spain (1578-90)-To M 8 reales
This specimen was lot 1525 in Jean Elsen sale 158 (Brussels, March 2024), where it sold for €300 (about US$390 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"ESPAGNE, Philippe II (1556-1598), AR 8 reales, à partir de 1578, Tolède. D/ Ecu couronné. R/ Armes de Castille et Leon dans un polylobe cantonné d'annelets. Flan large. Beau à Très Beau. (kingdom of Spain, silver eight reales, struck after 1578, Toledo mint. Obverse: crowned arms; reverse: arms of Castile and Leon in a polylobe cantonned with annulets. Large planchet, Fine - Very Fine.)"
This type is from Toledo and was probably struck prior to 1590, when dates were added. Cayón-3954 lacks the pellets on the reverse. All these early pesos are rare.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 27.47 g, 0.931 fine silver, .821 troy oz ASW, this specimen 26,80 g.
Catalog reference: Dav-8481, A.C. type 207, Cayón-3955.
- 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.
- Davenport, John S., European Crowns, 1484-1600, Frankfurt: Numismatischer Verlag, 1977
- [1]Elsen, Philippe, et al., Vente Publique 158, Monnaies de la Principauté de Liège, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils S.A., 2024.
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