4 Reales - Felipe II Granada

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.