Barcelona 1617 ardite
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This specimen was lot 2584 in Aureo y Calicó sale 422 (Barcelona, December 2023), where it sold for 25 € (about US$33 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted, "1617. Felipe III. Barcelona. 1 ardit. MBC [very fine]." This type was struck in Barcelona 1612-21 and is not listed as expensive in low grade altho hammered coins are very scarce in nice condition. We don't know the Spanish equivalent of this coin but we guess it was worth about one maravedi. The obverse features the arms of Catalonia and the reverse is the bust of Philip II, who died in 1598. Very similar coins were struck for Philip IV.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: copper, this specimen 1,59 g.
Catalog reference: KM 13, AC. 28, Cayón-4205.
- Cayón, Adolfo, Clemente Cayón and Juan Cayón, Las Monedas Españolas, del Tremis al Euro: del 411 a Nuestros Dias, 2 volumes, Madrid: Cayón-Jano S.L., 2005.
- Calicó, Xavier, Numismática Española: Catálogo General con Precios de Todas las Monedas Españolas Acuñadas desde Los Reyes Católicos Hasta Felipe VI, 1474 a 2020, Barcelona: Aureo & Calicó, 2019.
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
- [1]Sisó, Teresa, Eduard Domingo and Lluís Lalana, Subasta 422: Subasta Numismatica, Barcelona: Aureo y Calicó, 2023.
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