Spain 1597-G C 2 reales

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Áureo y Calicó sale 345, lot 381

This specimen was lot 381 in Áureo y Calicó sale 345 (Barcelona, March 2020), where it sold for €120 (about US$159 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"1597. Felipe II. Granada. C. 2 reales. Tipo "OMNIVM". Escasa. MBC-. (kingdom of Spain, Philip II, 1556-98, two reales of 1597, Granada mint, type with "OMNIVM", scarce, about very fine.)"

This type was struck 1590-98. The date can appear on the obverse or reverse (shown here).

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 6.77 g, 0.931 fine silver, this specimen 6,84 g.

Catalog reference: Cal-471, Cayón-3698.

Source:

  • [1]Sisó, Teresa, Eduard Domingo and Lluís Lalana, Subasta Publica 345: Colección Manuela Etcheverría, Barcelona: Áureo y Calicó, 2020.
  • Cayón, Adolfo, Clemente Cayón and Juan Cayón, Las Monedas Españolas, del Tremis al Euro: del 411 a Nuestros Dias, vol. 1, 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.
  • Krause, Chester L., and Colin R. Bruce II, Standard Catalog of World Coins: Spain, Portugal and the New World, Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2002.

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