Cornado - Enrique II Santiago

Enrique II came to power by murdering his half-brother Pedro I in 1369, and the cornado issues of his reign were minted under a monetary system badly strained by the civil war that brought him there. The Santiago mint — identified by the scallop shell privy mark — was one of several Castilian mints authorized to strike these small billon pieces as Enrique worked to consolidate legitimacy through, among other things, a functioning coinage.

AB#477 is among the better-documented varieties of this type. The scallop shell attribution to Santiago is secure.