Spain 1614-To 4 reales
This specimen was lot 1165 in Aureo y Calicó sale 447 (Barcelona, March 2025), where it sold for 300 € (about US$392 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted, "1614. Felipe III. Toledo. 4 reales. No assayer. All data perfect. Rare. MBC [very fine]. Ex Aureo 04/25/2007, no. 1191." The SCWC lists assayers C and V for this date but apparently the assayer was left off this die. This type was struck at Toledo in 1602 and 1609-21. It is common in low grade. Other mints for 1614 include Granada, Madrid, Segovia, Seville and Valladolid. The Segovia mint had screw presses; the other mints hammered cobs.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 13.73 g, 0.931 fine silver, c. 30 mm diameter, this specimen 13.54 g.
Catalog reference: Cayón unlisted, KM 33.5, AC-843.
- 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.
- [1]Sisó, Teresa, Eduard Domingo and Lluís Lalana, Subasta Numismatica 447, Barcelona: Aureo y Calicó, 2025.
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
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