Spain 1618-Seg 4 maravedis

Áureo y Calicó sale 345, lot 419

This specimen was lot 419 in Áureo y Calicó sale 345 (Barcelona, March 2020), where it sold for €61 (about US$81 including buyer's fees). The catalog description^[1] noted,

"1618. Felipe III. Segovia. 4 maravedís. Atractiva. Escasa así. EBC-. (kingdom of Spain, Philip III, 1598-1621, four maravedis of 1618, Segovia mint. Attractive, scarce thus, about very fine.)"

This type was milled 1604-10, 1617-20. Burgos, Cuenca, Toledo, Valladolid and Madrid minted this denomination but those probably weren't milled.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: copper, this specimen 3,44 g.

Catalog reference: KM 6.5, Cal-823, Cayón-4309 (mintmark to left of castle).

Source:

• Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
• 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 Publica 345: Colección Manuela Etcheverría, Barcelona: Áureo y Calicó, 2020.

Links to:

• 1604-Seg 4 maravedis
• 1606-Seg 2 maravedis
• Barcelona 1617 ardite
• 1617-Seg 4 maravedis
• Valencia 1618 dieciocheno
• 1618-Seg 8 maravedis
• 1619-Seg 2 maravedis
• 1619-Seg 8 maravedis
• 1625-Seg 4 maravedis
• Coins and currency dated 1618
• return to Spanish pre-decimal coinage (maravedis, reales and escudos)