Four maravedís

Modern age

 

 

 

Metal: Copper.

Issuing entity: Spain. Catholic Monarchs.

Mint: Cuenca.

Date: Years 1474-1504.

Obverse:

Castle in lobed border. Legend: FERDI[nandus] ET ELISA. Mint mark: cross with two crosspieces - C crowned by cross.

Reverse:

Lion crowned left in lobed border. Legend: REX ET REGINA [cast leg].

Weight: 7.94 gr. - Diameter: 30 mm. - Axes: 10 h.

Described in: Calicó Estivill, F., Calicó Estivill, X., Trigo Real, J., 1994: Spanish coins from Ferdinand and Isabella to Juan Carlos I. Years: 1474 to 1994. Years: 1474 to 1994, Barcelona, p. 57, type 205, no. 434.

Published in: Ramón Sánchez, J.J., Ibáñez Sarrió, C., 2010: "Catálogo. Edad Moderna y contemporánea", in Ramón Sánchez, J.J. (ed.), Monedas. Todas las caras de la Historia. Numismatic collections of the MARQ, Alicante, p. 154.

Monetary Inventory Number: 2053.

MARQ collection. Ancient Numismatic Collection.