Spain 1614-Seg AR 8 escudos

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Aureo y Calicó sale 448, lot 190

This specimen was lot 190 in Aureo y Calicó sale 448 (Barcelona, March 2025), where it sold for 150,000 € (about US$195,945 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted, "* 1614/1. Felipe III. Segovia. AR. 8 escudos. Obv.: PHILIPPVS·III·D·G. Rev.: HISPANIARVM·REX·1614·. Minimal hairlines between la V and la S of PHILIPPVS. Light small scrape. Nice. Cabinet patina. Extremely rare, we have only had 2 examples, one of them from the Caballero de las Yndias Collection. EBC [extremely fine]." The Segovia mint also struck eight escudos in 1610-11 and 1615, all very rare.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 27.46 g, 0.917 fine gold, 36 mm diameter, this specimen 26.95 g.

Catalog reference: Cayón-5031, KM 49, AC-1100, Cal.Onza 2.

Source:

  • 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 Juan Carlos I, 1474 a 2001, Barcelona: Aureo & Calicó, 2008.
  • [1]Sisó, Teresa, Eduard Domingo and Lluís Lalana, Subasta Numismatica 447, Barcelona: Aureo y Calicó, 2025.
  • Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
  • Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed., Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.

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