Spain 1593-S B 4 reales

from Sedwick Auction 37, lot 2118

This specimen was lot 2118 in Sedwick Auction 37 (Winter Park, FL, May 2025), where it sold for $390. The catalog description^[1] noted, "SPAIN, Seville, cob 4 reales, Philip II, 1593 date to right, assayer B to left not visible. Lustrous AU with sharp, nearly complete shield and cross, bold 3 of date, plugged hole at 1 o'clock." Seville was a prolific mint, striking four reales by the hammer until 1651, after which there is a gap until 1689. Assayer B appears on four reales of 1591-1613.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 13.73 g, 0.931 fine silver, this specimen 13.71 grams.

Catalog reference: Cayón-3854, Cal-452.

Source:

• Krause, Chester L., and Colin R. Bruce II, Standard Catalog of World Coins: Spain, Portugal and the New World, Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2002.
• 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.
• ^[1]Sedwick, Daniel Frank, Augi Garcia, Cori Sedwick Downing, Connor Falk and Sarah Sproles, Treasure Auction 37, World, U.S Coins and Paper Money, featuring the Almenara Collection of Colonial Peruvian Gold Coins, Winter Park, FL: Daniel Frank Sedwick LLC, 2025.

Links to:

• 1592-S B 4 reales, Seville mint
• 1592-S I 4 reales, Seville mint
• (15)92-F 4 reales, Valladolid mint
• (15)93-Seg real
• 1593-G 2 reales
• (15)93-Seg I^O 4 reales, Segovia mint
• 1593-T 4 reales
• 1593-S 8 reales
• 1593-S 2 escudos
• 1593-T 2 escudos
• 1593-G 4 escudos
• 1593-S 4 escudos
• 1594-G F 4 reales, Granada mint
• Coins and currency dated 1593
• return to Spanish pre-decimal coinage (maravedis, reales and escudos)