Spain 1612-S B 4 reales
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
This specimen was lot 425 in Áureo y Calicó sale 345 (Barcelona, March 2020), where it sold for €150 (about US$198 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"1612. Felipe III. Sevilla. B. 4 reales. Ligeras oxidaciones. MBC. (kingdom of Spain, Philip III, 1598-1621, four reales of 1612, lightly oxidized, very fine.)"
This type was struck 1599-1604, 1610-21. Assayers B, D, V are noted for 1612. Similar four reales cobs were also struck at Toledo, Valladolid, Granada, Segovia and Madrid.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 13.73 g, 0.931 fine silver, this specimen 13,18 g.
Catalog reference: KM 33.4, Cal-268, Cayón-4773.
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
- 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.
- Menzel, Sewall, Cobs, Pieces of Eight and Treasure Coins, New York: The American Numismatic Society, 2004.
- [1]Sisó, Teresa, Eduard Domingo and Lluís Lalana, Subasta Publica 345: Colección Manuela Etcheverría, Barcelona: Áureo y Calicó, 2020.
Links to:
- 1611-T C 4 reales
- 1611-S B 4 reales
- 1611-S D 4 reales
- 1611-S 8 reales
- 1612-Seg 8 maravedis
- Aragon 1612 1/2 real
- Barcelona 1612 1/2 real
- Mexico 1612-Mo F 4 reales
- 1612-S D 4 reales
- 1612-S D 8 reales
- 1613-S 4 reales
- 1613-TO C 4 reales
- 1621-MD 4 reales
- 1621-Seg 4 reales
- Coins and currency dated 1612
- return to Spanish pre-decimal coinage (maravedis, reales and escudos)