Valencia (1516-56) real
This specimen was lot 139 in Áureo y Calicó sale 347 (Barcelona, March 2020), where it sold for €3,200 (about US$4,223 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"s/d. Carlos I. Valencia. 1 real. Sin orlas lobuladas. Muy bella. Preciosa pátina. El mejor ejemplar conocido. Ex Colección Cisneros, Áureo 28/05/1991, nº 650. Ex Colección Reino de Valencia, Áureo 21/05/1996, nº 289. Ex Áureo & Calicó Selección 2015, nº 98. Ex Colección Balsach. Rarísima así. EBC. (kingdom of Valencia, Charles I, undated one real, Valencia mint, without quadrilobe. Very handsome, precious patina, the finest known. Extremely rare thus, extremely fine.)"
Altho Spain was theoretically unified under Carlos I, many regions, including Valencia, continued to issue their own coinage. As with many issues of this reign, the dies were hand cut and many varieties exist. We have assigned this example to Cayón-3208 because of the shield with a lion at the bottom of the reverse and because of the missing quadrilobe decorations by the main arms of Valencia.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 3.38 g, 0.931 fine silver, this specimen 2,67 g.
Catalog reference: AC. 80 (plate coin), Cru.C.G. 4151 var, Cayón-3208.
- [1]Sisó, Teresa, Eduard Domingo and Lluís Lalana, Subasta Publica 347: Seleccion de 500 Monedas, Medallas y Billetes, 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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