Spain 1625-Seg 4 maravedis

Aureo y Calicó sale 447, lot 1171

This specimen was lot 1171 in Aureo y Calicó sale 447 (Barcelona, March 2025), where it sold for 60 € (about US$78 including buyer's fees). The catalog description^[1] noted, "1625. Felipe IV. Segovia. 4 maravedis. J.S. only records this type of aqueduct in the year 1624. One-storey vertical aqueduct with two arches on the right bounded by dots. Attractive. Very rare, especially in this condition. MBC+ [choice very fine]." This type was hammered at Segovia 1621-26 and is common. At this time, Segovia was the only Spanish mint using the screw press; the products of the other mints (Burgos, Coruña, Cuenca, Granada, Madrid, Seville, Toledo, Valladolid) were hammered.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 2.3 g, copper, 20 mm diameter, this specimen 3.77 g.

Catalog reference: Cayón unlisted, KM 7.6, AC-247.

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.

Link to:

• 1618-Seg 4 maravedis
• 1622-Seg 8 maravedis
• 1624-T^O 8 maravedis
• 1625-Seg 8 reales
• Barcelona 1625 1/2 trentin
• 1625-S 2 escudos
• 1625-MD 2 escudos
• Coins and currency dated 1625
• return to Spanish pre-decimal coinage (maravedis, reales and escudos)