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4 Reales - Felipe IV Sumenep countermark
| Issuer | Sultanate of Sumenep |
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| Year | 1730-1732 |
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| Reference(s) | KM#196.2 |
| Obverse description | The Sumenep countermark, applied by the Sultanate of Sumenep (Madura, present-day Indonesia), occupies the principal field of this face. The countermark consists of Arabic script characters deeply impressed into the silver cob flan, partially obscuring the underlying hammered Spanish colonial design. The irregular, roughly polygonal flan is characteristic of the macuquina (cob) coinage production method, with the countermark stamp applied with considerable force, creating a well-defined impression within the host coin's surface. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse displays the characteristic cross of the Spanish colonial macuquina coinage, with the quartered arms of Castile and León occupying the angles — castles (towers) and lions alternating within each quadrant, as typical of the Royal Spanish arms of the period. Partial elements of the surrounding tressure and legend are visible at the periphery, though much of the marginal detail is lost to the irregular cob flan edges. A partial ornamental device, likely a fleur-de-lis or rosette, is visible in one quadrant angle. The overall strike is bold but asymmetric, consistent with the hand-struck hammered cob technique employed at the Mexico City Mint. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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