Spain 1611-Seg A 2 reales

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Stack's Bowers November 2022 Collectors Choice sale, lot 73022
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This specimen was lot 73022 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, November 2022), where it sold for $552. The catalog description[1] noted, "SPAIN. Cob 2 Reales, 1611-A. Segovia Mint. Philip III. NGC AU-55. 'Old House' design. Date is above the cross on the reverse, a bit clipped, yet still legible. The cross itself is full, as are the lions and castles within the cross. The assayer initial, 'A', is well defined." The Segovia mint had been milling coins since the 1590's but occasionally reverted to hammering cobs, as here. Cayón mentions a milled two reales for 1611 with assayer A and this hammered four reales for 1611, also with assayer A who reappears 1616-18 and 1620-21. Cayón also notes a milled four reales from Segovia for 1611 with assayer C (Cayón-4762).

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 6.87 g, 0.931 fine silver.

Catalog reference: Cayón-4637, Cal-240.

Source:

  • 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.
  • Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
  • Menzel, Sewall, Cobs, Pieces of Eight and Treasure Coins, New York: The American Numismatic Society, 2004.
  • [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.

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