Spain 1617-Seg A+ 8 reales

Aureo sale 232, lot 123

The specimen shown was lot 123 in Aureo y Calicó sale 232 (Barcelona, March 2011), where it sold for 2,900 euros (about US$4,785 including buyer's fees). The catalog description^[1] noted,

"1617. Segovia. &. 8 reales. 5 flores de lis. Muy bella. Parte de brillo original. Rara así. EBC+. (Spain, Eight reales of 1617, Segovia mint, variety with five fleurs-de-lys. Very nice, some original luster and rare thus; choice extremely fine.)

This type was issued at Toledo, Seville and Segovia 1610-21. Two varieties are listed for 1617, with or without punctuation in the date. The aqueduct was the mintmark for the Segovia mint until it closed in the 1840's.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 27.47 g, 0.931 fine silver, .821 troy oz ASW.

Catalog reference: Cayón-4917, KM 28.3, Cal-156, Dav-4394.

Sources:

• 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, Eduardo Domingo and Lluís Lalana, Selección de 500 Monedas, Medallas y Billetes, Barcelona: Aureo y Calicó Subastas, 2011.
• Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.

Link to:

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• 1614-Seg 8 reales
• 1615-S 2 escudos
• Barcelona 1617 ardite
• 1617-Seg 4 maravedis
• 1617-Seg 8 maravedis
• 1617-S 4 reales
• 1·6·1·7-T^O 4 reales
• 1617-S 2 escudos
• 1618-Seg 8 reales
• return to Spanish pre-decimal coinage (maravedis, reales and escudos)
• Coins and currency dated 1617