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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;The Eidolon, post: 8124574, member: 102103&quot;]Last one from this set.&nbsp; I&#039;m not confident about the shop&#039;s attribution.</p><p>Label had is as &quot;Spain, 2 Maravedis, circa 1622, Philip IV&quot;&nbsp; ($5)</p><p><br /></p><p>Coin is 20+ mm, 1.93 grams, copper or bronze color.</p><p>Ob:&nbsp; Bust in circle.&nbsp; &quot;PHILIPPVS.IIII.D.G.&quot;</p><p>Rev:&nbsp; (Starting at around 2:00 crack)&nbsp; &quot;HISPANIARVM R[EX] 16[xx]&quot;</p><p>I think the denomination is a VIII or IIII to the right of the shield, but it&#039;s not readable.&nbsp; I can&#039;t clearly read the &quot;REX&quot;.&nbsp; Looks more like &quot;RX&quot; to me.</p><p><br /></p><p>The weights on these Spanish copper maravedi denominations are all over the place, so I&#039;m not sure how to tell the denomination by size.&nbsp; Philip IV had a long reign (1621-1665), so there are a lot of potential types.&nbsp; Most of the ones in Krause don&#039;t have photos, and the descriptions are not very specific.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I believe the reverse has the &quot;quartered arms of Castile-Leon&quot; rather than a single castle in an undivided shield.&nbsp; <a href="https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces112789.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces112789.html" rel="nofollow">Here&#039;s</a> a vaguely similar type of 4 maravedis.&nbsp; But the weight is too small at 1.1 g.&nbsp; Most 8 maravedis are ~4.5 grams, though.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m leaning towards some type of 4 maravedis, but don&#039;t know the exact one.</p><p>At $5, at least I don&#039;t have much to lose.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1414859[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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