Spain 1595(v) D 2 reales
This specimen was lot 1871 in Jean Elsen sale 162 (Brussels, June 2025), where it sold for €550 (about US$762 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"ESPAGNE, Philippe II (1556-1598), AR 2 reales, 1595, Valladolid. D/ Écu couronné entre la date et °/D. R/ Quadrilobe anglé aux armes de Castille et Leon. (kingdom of Spain, Philip II, 1556-98, silver two reales of 1595, Valladolid mint. Obverse: crowned arms divide the date; reverse: angled quadrilobe with the arms of Castile and Leon. Very Fine.)"
This type is noted for 1592-98 and undated. The Valladolid mintmark is the three banners (sometimes four) below the date. Cayón notes varieties with the date on the reverse (Cay-3690) and with the assayer initial "D" to the left (Cay-3691). The Valladolid mint operated intermittently until 1686.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 6.77 g, 0.931 fine silver, this specimen 6,82 g.
Catalog reference: Cayón-3689, A.C. 469.
- 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.
- Krause, Chester L., and Colin R. Bruce II, Standard Catalog of World Coins: Spain, Portugal and the New World, Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2002.
- [1]Elsen, Philippe, et al., Vente Publique 162: Collection Jacques Druart, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils S.A., 2025.
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