Issued under the joint authority of Ferdinand and Isabella following their union of the Castilian and Aragonese crowns, this type predates the formal establishment of the Casa de la Monada reforms of 1497, which would standardize Iberian coinage and effectively end the chaotic multi-mint system that had plagued the peninsula for decades. The Cuenca mint, operating from a former Islamic administrative center in the interior of Castile, was among the older royal minting facilities absorbed into the unified system.
Calicó 435 places this squarely in the pre-reform series. The 1497 Medina del Campo ordinances rendered these pieces obsolete almost immediately upon their introduction.
Issued under the joint authority of Ferdinand and Isabella following their union of the Castilian and Aragonese crowns, this type predates the formal establishment of the Casa de la Monada reforms of 1497, which would standardize Iberian coinage and effectively end the chaotic multi-mint system that had plagued the peninsula for decades. The Cuenca mint, operating from a former Islamic administrative center in the interior of Castile, was among the older royal minting facilities absorbed into the unified system.
Calicó 435 places this squarely in the pre-reform series. The 1497 Medina del Campo ordinances rendered these pieces obsolete almost immediately upon their introduction.