Live auction - fwo_422553 - SPAIN - KINGDOMS OF CASTILE AND LEON - SANCHE IV THE BRAVE Cornado n.d. Burgos

SPAIN - KINGDOMS OF CASTILE AND LEON - SANCHE IV THE BRAVE Cornado n.d. Burgos AU

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Estimate :	130 €
Price :	no bid
Maximum bid :	no bid
End of the sale :	02 May 2017 17:05:59

Type : Cornado

Date: n.d.

Mint name / Town : Burgos

Metal : billon

Diameter : 19 mm

Orientation dies : 6 h.

Weight : 0,78 g.

Catalogue references :

Cy1180

Obverse

Obverse legend : SANC-II REX.

Obverse description : Buste à gauche de Sanche IV, couronné et drapé, coupant la légende à 6 heures et 12 heures.

Obverse translation : (Sanche, roi).

Reverse

Reverse legend : CASTEL° LE LE° GIONS, (N RÉTROGRADE).

Reverse description : Façade d'un château flanqué de deux tours dont la courtine est percée, en son centre, d'une porte rectangulaire sommée d'une croix à long pied coupant à la légende à 12 heures. De part et d'autre de la hampe de la croix, une étoile à six rais et un B.

Reverse translation : (Castille et Léon).

Commentary

Ces cornados furent frappés dans plusieurs ateliers tels que Tolède, Burgos, Séville... Le monnayage de Sanche V en Castille et Léon est assez pauvre ; il se limite en effet à la frappe de doubles d'or, de cornados et de sizains de billon.

Historical background

SPAIN - KINGDOMS OF CASTILE AND LEON - SANCHE IV THE BRAVE

(04/30/1284-04/25/1295)

Sancho IV is the second son of Alphonse X of Castile called "the wise". He was crowned on April 30, 1284 in Toledo. On April 25, 1295, Sancho IV died in Toledo at the age of 36, leaving power to his son Ferdinand IV (1295-1312).