Coins

ALLECTUS. Antoninian. (Ae. 4.33g/23mm). 293-295 AD Camulodunum. (RIC 91). Obv: Radiate, draped, armored bust right, legend around: IMP C ALLECTVS PF AVG. Rev: Pax standing left holding flower and sceptre, between SP, exergue: C, around legend: PAX AVG. Extremely Fine. Beautiful specimen, very rare as well.

Between 293 and 296 AD, the usurper Elect ruled the provinces of Britannia and northern Gaul until he was defeated by Constantius Chlorus. The limited chronological and spatial margin of their issues gives these coins a certain rarity that does not go unnoticed by the collector. As with the coins of Carausius, with which it shares numerous similarities, the portraits suffer from the technical coarseness of the execution, although they show great vigor in their representation.
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LICINIUS I. Ae21. (Ae. 3.49g/21mm). 313-315 AD Treveri. (RIC 58). Good Very Fine.
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MAXIMIAN, Hercules. Medallion. (Ae. 40.99g/41mm). 297-298 AD Rome. Obv: VIRTVS MAXIMIANI AVG. Laureate bust with breastplate with Aegis of Maximian to right carrying a shield decorated by a she-wolf nursing Romulus and Remus, with a horse's head behind. Rev: MONETA AVGG. The three Moneta stand facing left, all three carrying scales and cornucopias. (Cohen 405; BMC Medallions 4; Gnecchi 18). Good Very Fine. Revised obverse field. Very rare.

In the same way that Diocletian did with Jupiter, Maximian appears identified with Hercules in a magnificent portrait of great strength and realism. The intimate association of the person of the ruler with the divine nature of the hero is part of the imperial propaganda program, which found one of its best means of dissemination in coins and medals. This medal does not lack another detail of great symbolic weight: the representation of Rome and its foundation in the images of the she-wolf, Romulus and Remus. On the reverse, and with the representation of the goddess Moneta, we find another scene with a powerful symbolic charge; it seems that the cult of this goddess was established due to the influence of Greek religion and that this was the equivalent of the Greek cult of Mnemosyne. The allegory on the reverse of this medallion is thus linked to the very origins of Roman civilization. It is not the only reference to Greek culture present in this medallion. Back on the obverse we can see in the center of the breastplate the mythological figure of Medusa, probably the most recognized villain in all of Greek mythology, capable of petrifying any living being with her simple gaze.
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MAXIMIAN. Follis. (Ae. 8.87g/28mm). 305-307 AD Serdica. (ICR 15b). Obv: Laureate bust in consular suit of Maximian with mappa and branch to right, around legend: DN MAXIMIAN FELICISSIMO SEN AVG. Rev: Providentia and Quies facing shelves carrying branch and scepter, including E, in field: SF, in exergue: SMSD, around legend: PROVIDENTIA DEORVM QVIES AVGG. Good Very Fine. Rare specimen. artificial patina.
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CONSTANTINE I Follis. 312-313 AD Rome. A/ Laureate bust with cuirass on the left. IMP CONSTANTINVS PF AVG. R/ Eagle standing left between two vexillum. RIC 350a. oh 4.10g. Good Very Fine/ Very Fine.
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CONSTANTINE II. Follis. (Ae. 3.97g/22mm). 351-352 AD Heracleia. (RIC 82). Good Very Fine.
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HONORIUS. Solid. (Aug. 4.42g/21mm). 395-423 AD Constantinople. (RIC X 1352, listed as R4; Cohen 44). Obv: Diademed, draped and armored bust of Honorius right, around legend: DN HONORIVS PF AVG. Rev: Honorius standing right standing on captive carrying standard and Victoria with laurel wreath, between RM, in exergue: CONOB, around legend: VICTORIA AVGGG. Good Very Fine. Scarce copy.
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HONORIUS. Tremysis. (Au. 1.31g/14mm). 408-420 AD Constantinople. Obv: DN HONORIVS PF AVG. Diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to the right of Honorius. Rev: VICTORIA AVGVSTORVM. Victoria standing cross-legged facing left wearing crown and cruciferous globe. (RIC 212). Good Extremely Fine. Rare and precious specimen.
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SUNYER I. Diner. (911-947) Comtats of Barcelona-Ausona and Girona. Cru.CG 1813. Ar. 0.59g Drilling. Very Fine. Weird.
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ALFONSO X. Money. (1252-1284). Lion. AB 267. See. 0.75g. Almost Very Fine.
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FREDERIC III OF SICILY. Pyrral. (1296-1337). Sicily. A/ Legend: + FRIDICVS / D´I / GRA / REX / SICIE, Legend provided by three points. R/ Legend: + DVC ´: APVL´ PRINCIPAT ´: CAPVE. Cru.VS 566; Cru.CG 2554; Varesi 184. Ar. 2.97g Almost Very Fine.
Former Aureo & Calicó 259, Ramón Muntaner Collection. Lot 471. 04-24-2014.
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CARLOS the Bad (1349-1387). Gross. (Ar. 3.41g/30mm). Navarre. (Cru.VS 233 var). Obv: Bust crowned from the front, around it legend: NAVARRE REX, in the outer border fleurs-de-lys. Rev: Kicked cross, around legend: KAROLVS DEI GRA/DNS MAIVTOR N TIMEBO CEAC MICHI HOMO. Almost Extremely Fine. Rare specimen and more so.

From a numismatic point of view, Carlos II of Navarre, nicknamed "El Malo", has gone down in history as one of the most famous counterfeiters of medieval coins. It is not strange that in a situation of special economic difficulty, one resorts to the minting of necessity coins, to the imitation of types or to the formula of lowering the silver content of the coin as a means to obtain greater benefits for the treasury. From 1350 this last practice became common both in its Normandy territories and in the kingdom of Navarre. In principle, those known as thick (gros) tornese were coined, but from 1380 they presented the iconographic novelty of replacing the tornés castle by the frontal bust of the monarch (of clear English inspiration). As quoted by Miguel Ibáñez Artica: "Once again we will witness a plummeting of the law of the coin that begins with 83.3% in silver to end with 50% in 1386. The same monarch is aware of the breach produced in the coin and in the minting order, mention is made of the scandal produced and the shame suffered by the king himself forced to carry out such issues. Thanks to this devaluation, Carlos II obtained in a year and a half the not inconsiderable amount of 30,000 pounds of benefits."
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PETER I (1350-1368). Real (Ar. 3.51g/25mm). Burgos. (FAB-378; Imperatrix P1:12.35). Obv: P crowned and around circular legend in two lines: DOMINVS MICHI ADIVTOR ET EGO DISPICIAM INIMICOS MEOS. Rev: Quartering of castles and rampant lions to the left within a four-limb groove, below B, around legend: PETRVS REX CASTELLE E LEGIONIS. Good Extremely Fine. Scarce specimen in this spectacular quality.
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JUAN I. 1/2 White of the Agnus Dei. (1379-1390). Sevilla. AB 562. Ve. 0.69g. Almost Very Fine. Limited. Ex. Aureo 03-01-2000 Nº1392.
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CARLOS V (1516-1556). Duchy. (Au. 3.44g/22mm). S/D Naples. (MIR 128; Pannuti-Riccio 6). Very Fine. Coinage bays. Very rare specimen. Carlos I of Spain, V of Germany but also, although less well known, IV of Naples coined this magnificent Duchy during the first cuarto of the 16th century. This is a piece where the symbology is present at all times, highlighting the imperial legend King of Romans on the obverse and the heraldry on the reverse, directly inherited from Ferdinand the Catholic, as King of Naples, to which only the eagle has been added. bicéfala and the shield of the Austrias in the chest of the same one. In addition, the same legend on the reverse stands out for the novel allusion to the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, a title that encompassed the Kingdoms of Naples and Sicily.
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REYES CATOLICOS (1474-1504). White. (Ae. 1.27g/18mm). S/D. Sevilla. (Cal-2019-46). Stars on reverse. Almost Very Fine.
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PHILIP II. 1/2 Pug. S/D Naples IAF/CI. Vti-302; Look 185.1; Pannuti-Riccio 45a. Ar. 1.08g Almost Very Fine. Limited.
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PHILIP III. 1/2 Pug. S/D Naples G. Vti-No citation; Look 216.2; Pannuti-Riccio No citation. Ar. 1.34g Good Very Fine.
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PHILIP III (1598-1621). Diner (Ae. 0.62g/13mm). 162(sic). Barcelona. (Cal-2019-1). Fine
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PHILIP IV. 1 Croat. 1637. Barcelona. Cal-978; Cru.CG 4414e; Badia 1057. Ar. 2.43g Patina. Good Very Fine. Scarce like that.
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PHILIP IV. 1 Croat. 1638. Barcelona. Cal-980; Cru.CG 4414i. Ar. 2.94g Good Very Fine. Limited.
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PHILIP IV. 1 Divuitè-Eighteenth. 1640. Valencia. Value 8 large. Cal-1104; Cru.CG 4434f. Ar. 1.96g Very Fine. Weird.
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PHILIP IV. 8 Wonders. 1661. Sevilla R. False period. JS page 475. Ae. 1.70g. Very Fine.
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PHILIP IV (1621-1665). 1/2 Real. (Ar. 1.19g/15mm). 1651. Granada N. (Cal-2019-544). Very Fine. Date not visible. Scarce copy.
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CARLOS IV (1788-1808). 2 Reales. (Ar. 5.52g/26mm). 1800? Sevilla CN? (Cal-2019-721). Countermark of Authorized by the Government (Costa Rica) with a value of 2 Reales around 1845 (De Mey 473 and 474) and counterstamp of Isla de Vique (both counterstamps Very Fine). Fine. Very rare specimen with these two counterstamps minted on the same coin. It served as a jewel. A very similar specimen to this one that also served as a jewel was sold by Aureo & Calicó in 2019 for €1,900 plus its respective commission.
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FERDINAND VII (1808-1833). 2 Reales. (Ar. 5.46g/27mm). 1811. Catalonia SF. (Cal-2019-765). Good Extremely Fine. Coinage openings and broken reverse die. Original Luster . Scarce copy and more like that.
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FELIPE V. 1 Real. 1720. Sevilla J. Cal-1708. Ar. 1.89g Almost Very Fine. very rare Former Numisma 113.
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FERDINAND VII (1808-1833). 2 Maravedís (Cu.2,90g/19mm). 1833. Segovia. (Cal-2019-157). Very Fine. Obverse perforation attempt.
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ELIZABETH II (1833-1868). 6 Cuartos. (Ae. 14.06g/32mm). 1838. Barcelona. (Cal-2019-18). Very Fine. nice patina
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ELIZABETH II (1833-1868). 5 cents of shield. (Cu. 11.07g/32mm). 1868. Barcelona OM. (Cal-2019-246). Almost Very Fine. Stripes.
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FERDINAND VII (1808-1833). 8 Escudos. (Au. 26.98g/37mm). 1809. Lima JP. indigenous bust. (Cal-2019-1754). Extremely Fine. Remains of original shine. Sheet on reverse, still a nice copy.

José María Fernández de Soto is the engraver of this exclusive bust of the Lima mint and which appeared on the obverses of its coins between 1808 and 1811, the date on which the official busts of Felix Sagau arrived from the peninsula. The Lima, indigenous or Inca bust was an urgent request to the engraver who apparently did not take into account the reales features of the monarch, since this portrait bears no resemblance to him. The specimens from 1808 and 1809 correspond to a first type that have the peculiarity of presenting a slightly larger bust than that of the last two years. Another difference between both types is that in the first types the name of the monarch is abbreviated as FERDND while in the second we find it as FERDIN.
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ELIZABETH II (1833-1868). 40 Reales. (Au. 3.27g/18mm). 1861. Madrid. (Cal-2019-679). Encapsulated by PCGS AU58. Scarce specimen.
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PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT. 2 cents. 1870. Barcelona OM. Cal-26. oh 2.06g Good Fine.
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PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT. 1 Cent. 1870. Barcelona OM. Cal-27. oh 0.95g Original Luster . Almost Uncirculated.
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AMADEO I (1871-1873). 5 pesetas. (Ar. 24.71g/37mm). 1871 *18-73. Madrid. (Cal-2019-3). Encapsulated by NGC AU Details. Rare specimen. Cleaned.
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ALFONSO XII. 5 cents. 1878. Barcelona OM. Cal-72. oh 4.69g Beautiful iridescent tone. Extremely Fine.
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ALFONSO XIII. 50 cents. 1892 *2-2. Madrid PGM. Cal-56. Ar. 2.48g Welding remains. Very Fine. Limited.
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ALFONSO XIII (1885-1931). 50 Cents (Ar. 2.51g/18mm). 1894 *9-4. Madrid PGV. (Cal-2019-43). Almost Extremely Fine/ Very Fine.

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ALFONSO XIII (1885-1931). 1 Weight. (Ar. 25.17g/37mm). 1895. Puerto Rico PGV. (Cal-2019-128). Good Extremely Fine. Very rare specimen and even more so in this spectacular quality, presenting part of the original shine and a slight tone.
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JUAN CARLOS I. Advanced collection from 1975 to 2001 (Euros). It includes complete series and a large number of special silver issues such as the 3rd National Exhibition E-87, V Centenary 1989, V Centenary 1990, Goya's 10,000 Pesetas Maja, Dalí's 50 Euros 2004, multiple issues of Ecu 10 Euros, 12 Euros, 1,000 Pesetas, 1,500 Pesetas, 2,000 Pesetas and complete series of euros from the years 1999, 2000 and 2001. All presented in 5 Pardo albums. Extremely Fine/ Uncirculated. TO EXAMINE.
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SPAIN. 5 ECU Carlos V. 1989 (Ar. 33.71g/42.0mm). proof
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SPAIN. 5 ECU Alfonso X of Castile. 1990 (Ar. 33.68g/42.0mm). proof
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SPAIN. Complete series of 1, 5, 25 (2) and 200 Pesetas from 1991. Madrid. Different materials. Uncirculated
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CONTEMPORARY. 1 Ecu. (Ar. 6.72g/24mm). 1994. Cervantes-Don Quixote. PROOF. 125,000 mintages. Includes official box and certificate of authenticity.
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CONTEMPORARY. 1 Ecu. (Ar. 6.72g/24mm). 1994. Cervantes-Don Quixote. PROOF. 125,000 mintages. Includes official box and certificate of authenticity.
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CONTEMPORARY. 1 Ecu. (Ar. 6.72g/24mm). 1994. Cervantes-Don Quixote. PROOF. 125,000 mintages. Includes official box and certificate of authenticity.
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CONTEMPORARY. 1 Ecu. (Ar. 6.72g/24mm). 1994. Cervantes-Don Quixote. PROOF. 125,000 mintages. Includes official (match) case and certificate of authenticity.
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CONTEMPORARY. 1 Ecu. (Ar. 6.72g/24mm). 1995. The Spanish Navy. PROOF. 75,000 mintages. Includes official box and certificate of authenticity.
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CONTEMPORARY. 1 Ecu. (Ar. 6.72g/24mm). 1995. The Spanish Navy. PROOF. 75,000 mintages. Includes official box and certificate of authenticity.
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CONTEMPORARY. 1 Ecu. (Ar. 6.72g/24mm). 1995. The Spanish Navy. PROOF. 75,000 mintages. Includes official box and certificate of authenticity.
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