Spain 1617-S G 4 reales

Stack's Bowers 2023 ANA sale, lot 57810

This specimen was lot 57810 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Pittsburgh, PA, August 2023), where it sold for $336. The catalog description^[1] noted, "SPAIN. Cob 4 Reales, 1617-S G. Granada Mint. Philip III. NGC VF-35." This type was struck 1599, 1601, 1610-21 at Seville, not Granada. Assayer G operated 1617-21. Common in low grade, it is scarce in collectible condition. Other mints striking four reales during the reign of Philip III include Valladolid, Granada, Segovia, Toledo and Madrid, not counting the Latin American mints.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 13.73 g, 0.931 fine silver.

Catalog reference: Cayón-1179, KM-36.2; Cal-818.

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.
• Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
• 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]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, August 2023 Global Showcase Auction, World & Ancient Coins, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2023.

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