Spain 1620-Seg A+ 8 reales

Ponterio sale 150, lot 9523

This coin was lot 9523 in Ponterio sale 150 (Los Angeles, August 2009), where it sold for $833.75. The catalog description^[1] noted, "SPAIN. 8 Reales, 1620-A+. Segovia Mint. Philip III (1598-1621). 'V' in PHILIPPUS inverted 'A.' One small planchet flaw, toned EXTREMELY FINE." This type was struck in Segovia 1610-21; all dates are scarce to rare. Simultaneous with these handsome milled coins, the Toledo, Seville and Madrid mints were issuing cobs.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 27.07 g, 0.931 fine silver.

Catalog reference: Cayón-4937, KM-28.3; Cal-163c; Calb-1503 muled with 1504, Dav-4394.

Source:

• Cayón, Adolfo, Clemente Cayón and Juan Cayón, Las Monedas Españolas, del Tremis al Euro: del 411 a Nuestros Dias, vol. 1, 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.
• Davenport, John S., European Crowns, 1600-1700, Galesburg, IL, 1974.
• Menzel, Sewall, Cobs, Pieces of Eight and Treasure Coins, New York: The American Numismatic Society, 2004.
• ^[1]Ponterio, Richard, and Kent Ponterio, Ponterio sale 150: The 2009 Los Angeles ANA Auction, Irvine, CA: Bowers and Merena, 2009.

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