Spain (15)89-S D 4 reales

Jean Elsen sale 148, lot 964

This specimen was lot 964 in Jean Elsen sale 148 (Brussels, September 2021), where it sold for €200 (about US$284 including buyer's fees). The catalog description^[1] noted,

"ESPAGNE, Philippe II (1556-1598), AR 4 reales, 1589, Séville. D/ Ecu couronné. A g., S. A d., /IIII et 89. R/ Quadrilobe écartelé aux armes de Castille et Leon. Rare. Beau à Très Beau. (kingdom of Spain, Philip II, 1556-98, silver four reales of 1589, Seville mint. Obverse: crowned arms, mintmark, date and value below; reverse: quartered quadrilobe with the arms of Castile and Leon. Rare, Fine - Very Fine.)"

This type was struck at several mints late in the reign of Philip II, about the same time as the Segovia mint was experimenting with milled coins.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 13.54 g .931 fine silver, this specimen 13,37 g.

Catalog reference: Cal. 580, Cayón-3814.

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.
• Krause, Chester L., and Colin R. Bruce II, Standard Catalog of World Coins: Spain, Portugal and the New World, Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2002.
• ^[1]Elsen, Philippe, et al., Vente Publique 148: Monnaies, Médailles et Décorations, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils S.A., 2021.

Link to:

• (1556-90)-S 4 reales
• 1589-Seg 4 reales "HISPANIARV"
• 1589-Seg 8 reales
• 1589-S 4 escudos
• 1590-G 4 reales
• 1590-S 4 reales
• Coins and currency dated 1589
• return to Spanish pre-decimal coinage (maravedis, reales and escudos)