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4 Reales - Felipe II Granada
| Issuer | Casa de la Moneda de Granada |
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| Year | 1556-1598 |
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| Value | 4 Reales |
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| Obverse lettering | PHILIPPVS II DEI GRATIA G IIII (Translation: Philip II by the grace of God) |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Felipe II inherited the Granada mint as part of a broader Castilian monetary reform that had been consolidating silver coinage since the mid-fifteenth century. Granada itself had only come under Crown control in 1492, and the mint there was repurposed from Nasrid monetary infrastructure — one of the few instances in Iberian history where a conquered city's striking apparatus was absorbed rather than dismantled.
The assayer's mark on these pieces is the critical identifier for dating within the reign, as Felipe II's forty-two years on the throne saw multiple personnel changes at Granada.