Castile (1286-95)-B cornado

Stack's Bowers May 2023 Collector's Choice sale, lot 73306

This specimen was lot 73306 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, May 2023), where it sold for $360. The catalog description^[1] noted, "SPAIN. Cornado, ND (1284-95). Burgos Mint. Sancho IV. NGC MS-63. A exceptionally made example of the type with almost matte like surfaces and great detail." Sancho IV, son and heir of Alfonso IX the Wise, ruled Castile and Leon until his death in 1295, aged 36 years. This coin was struck at Burgos, Coruña, Leon, Murcia, Toledo and Seville after 1286 and was worth nine dineros. Sancho also struck a cornado seisen with a cross on the reverse instead of a tower; this was worth only six dineros.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver.

Catalog reference: Cayón-1179.

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.
• ^[1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, May 2023 World Collectors Choice Online Auction, Featuring the Richard Elliott Collection of Hooknecks, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2023.

Link to:

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• Castile (1252-84)-L noven = 9 dineros, Leon mint
• (1286-95)-C cornado of 9 dineros, Cuenca mint
• Castile (1286-95)-L * cornado Leon mint
• Castile (1350-69)-B real, Burgos mint
• Castile (1350-69)-S real, Seville mint
• Castile (1350-69)-S dobla Fr-105, Seville mint
• Castile (1350-69)-S dobla Fr-108, Seville mint
• Coins and currency dated 1286