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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Orielensis, post: 5218273, member: 96898&quot;]That&#039;s fascinating. Do I understand correctly that you suggest that some late Roman coins have been revalued as Spanish copper change and entered into circulation around 1600? That seems plausible but also somewhat extraordinary to me, and I wonder whether you have collected more information on this that you might be willing to share.</p><p><br /></p><p>I know these early 17th century Spanish inflation countermarks mainly from slightly older Spanish coins such as this one, but I am not an expert on these:</p><p><font size="3">[ATTACH=full]1215990[/ATTACH] </font></p><p><font size="3">Spanish Monarchy, under Philip III, CU 4 maravedis (countermarked as 8 maravedis), 1602 AD, Segovia mint. Obv:&nbsp; +PHILIPPVS·III·D·G·OMNIVM; castle in octolobe; in field, C. Rev: ·HISPAN·REGNORVM·REX· 1602; crowned lion in octolobe; countermark: crowned VIII with B below. 27mm, 6.22g. Ref: Calíco 750.</font></p><p><br /></p><p><font size="4">Here is a close-up of the countermark:</font></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1215991[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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