Eight maravedis

Modern age

Metal: Copper.

Issuing entity: Spain. Philip III.

Mint: Segovia.

Date: Year 1606.

Obverse:

Shield crowned with arms of Castile. Legend: PHI[l]IPPVS III D G. Mint mark: aqueduct. Value mark: VIII.

Reverse:

Shield crowned with the arms of León. Legend: HISPANIARVM REX 1606.

Weight: 5.58 gr. - Diameter: 27 mm. - Axes: 12 h.

Described in: Calicó Estivill, F., Calicó Estivill, X., Trigo Real, J., 1994: Spanish coins from Ferdinand and Isabella to Juan Carlos I. Years: 1474 to 1994. Years: 1474 to 1994, Barcelona, p. 231, type 153, no. 611.

Published in: Ramón Sánchez, J.J., Ibáñez Sarrió, C., 2010: "Catálogo. Edad Moderna y contemporánea", in Ramón Sánchez, J.J. (ed.), Monedas. Todas las caras de la Historia. Numismatic collections of the MARQ, Alicante, p. 156.

Monetary Inventory Number: 2122.

MARQ collection. Ancient Numismatic Collection.