Modern coin – HCR151355

Obverse

Inscription:

Legend not attributal

Design:

Arms of Castile within an octolobe.

Reverse

Inscription:

Legend not attributal

Design:

Arms of Leon within an octolobe.

Information

Category

Spanish Copper coin

Period

Modern

Group

Authority

Spain: kingdom

Person

Philip III of Habsburg, king of Spain, king of Portugal, king of Sicily, king of Naples, king of Sardinia, duke of Milan, 1598-1621, Philip IV of Habsburg, king of Spain, king Portugal, king of Sicily, king of Naples, king of Sardinia, duke of Milan, duke of Burgundy, count of Flanders, 1621-1665

Reign

Dating

1654

Mint

Uncertain mint

Denomination

8 Maravedis

Metal

copper

Technique

struck

Measurements
Acquisition
Additional information
Ticket
References
Credit

Weight (g)

5.77

Diameter (mm)

31.545

Acquisition method

transfer

Acquisition date

1922

Source

Bodleian Library

Acquisition credit

Transferred from the Bodleian Library, 1922.

Countermark (obverse)

1636 with a crown above, arches of Segovia, (?) below.

Countermark (obverse)

VIII, with a crown above.

Countermark (obverse)

1654 in an oval.

Countermark (reverse)

XII in an oval.

Countermark (reverse)

VIII with "M" above.

Reference

Numismática española : P 370, Type 399.

Note:

This coin was originally issued as 4 Maravedis, but it not possible to be certain by whom. In 1602 it was countermarked to raise it's value to 8 Maravedis. In 1636, it was further countermarked to raise it's value to 12 Maravedis. In 1654, to was again countermarked to reduce it's value to 8 Maravedis.

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