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<p>[QUOTE="talerman, post: 8169597, member: 89314"]The obverse arms (crowned shield with qtrd. arms of Castile (castle) & Leon(lion) qtrd. and Aragon (vertical bars) & Sicily (vertical bars with 2 eagles) qtrd. with at bottom ente en point Granada (pomegranate)and the reverse (bundle of 6 arrows and yoke) are similar to various coins struck by Fernando V de Aragón & Isabel I de Castile, the Catholic Kings of Spain, in the period 1497-1504, such as the real below. </p><p><br /></p><p>The obverse legend - in Gothic script - should read something like FERNANDVS: hET: ELISABET.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />EI: and, from what I can see, that looks possible on your coin. However, the reverse should read something like REX: ET: REGINA: CAST: LEGIO (= Leon): ARGO: SI (cily), which, from what I can see, seems different on your coin. The lettering looks a little odd, although I am not an expert on the varieties of Gothic script. </p><p><br /></p><p>What is the diameter and what is the weight ? And, most important, does it look like silver or something else ?</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1427035[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1427036[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="talerman, post: 8169597, member: 89314"]The obverse arms (crowned shield with qtrd. arms of Castile (castle) & Leon(lion) qtrd. and Aragon (vertical bars) & Sicily (vertical bars with 2 eagles) qtrd. with at bottom ente en point Granada (pomegranate)and the reverse (bundle of 6 arrows and yoke) are similar to various coins struck by Fernando V de Aragón & Isabel I de Castile, the Catholic Kings of Spain, in the period 1497-1504, such as the real below. The obverse legend - in Gothic script - should read something like FERNANDVS: hET: ELISABET.:DEI: and, from what I can see, that looks possible on your coin. However, the reverse should read something like REX: ET: REGINA: CAST: LEGIO (= Leon): ARGO: SI (cily), which, from what I can see, seems different on your coin. The lettering looks a little odd, although I am not an expert on the varieties of Gothic script. What is the diameter and what is the weight ? And, most important, does it look like silver or something else ? [ATTACH=full]1427035[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1427036[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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