Spain (1535-50)-Seg P escudo
This specimen was lot 34244 in Heritage sale 3106 (New York, January 2023), where it sold for $3,360. The catalog description[1] noted, "Spain: Charles & Johanna (1516-1556) gold Cob Escudo ND (before 1550) (Aqueduct)-P AU58 NGC, Segovia mint. Shy of a Mint State designation presenting virtually free of wear surfaces with crisp and toned peripheries. The sole piece graded by NGC." Cayón states that this type was restruck 1599-1602, long after both Carlos and Juana were dead. It is noted with assayers A, D, D rotated, I and P (shown here). Escudos were also struck at Burgos, Cuenca, Granada, Seville and Toledo with a face value of 350 maravedis (later raised to 544 maravedis).
Juana, the daughter of Ferdinand and Isabella, was declared unfit to rule after the death of her husband Philip in 1506. Ferdinand acted as regent until his death in 1516, whereupon her son Charles took over that role. She survived until 1556.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: gold.
Catalog reference: Fr-156, Cal-194, Cayón-3144 (G and +).
- 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.
- Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed., Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.
- 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]Cristiano Bierrenbach, Warren Tucker and Sam Spiegel, 2023 January 17 - 18 NYINC World & Ancient Coins Signature Auction #3106, Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2022.
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