Eight maravedis

Date: Year 1661.

Obverse:

Bust right wearing Austrian fashion. Legend: PHILIPPVS IIII D G.

Reverse:

Shield crowned and quartered with arms of Castile and Leon. Legend: HISPANIARVM REX 1661. Assayer's mark: Y. Mint mark: M D. Value mark: VIII.

Weight: 1.59 gr. - Diameter: 21 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. 285, type 219, no. 1178.

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. 159.

Monetary Inventory Number: 2192.

MARQ collection. Ancient Numismatic Collection.