1600s Spanish Maravedis Philip IV Coin? Could You Please Help?

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Ockycoin New Member United Kingdom 20 Posts	Posted 02/01/2026 12:36 pm Hi everyone I wondered if I could please ask for some help with identifying this coin? (see images) I've researched a fair bit online, and I'm still stumped overall - I think it is a Spanish coin from Philip IV's reign in the 1600s - a Maravedis coin. It weighs around 3g. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance Report this Post to the Staff

Spence Moderator United States 34393 Posts	Posted 02/01/2026 8:45 pm @ock, thx for posting such an interesting piece. I agree that it has some characteristics of a Spanish 4 Maravedis dated 1618 (e.g. https://en.numista.com/26796). However, I think the design differences can at least partially be accounted for if it was restruck and redenominated. An example with clearer counterstamps can be found here: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=8821004 I'm interested to see what others think. "If you climb a good tree, you get a push." -----Ghanaian proverb "The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed." -----King Adz Report this Post to the Staff
tdziemia Pillar of the Community United States 7933 Posts	Posted 02/02/2026 07:04 am I'm thinking like spence. Countermarked 1650s 4 maravedis of Philip III (1618). Host coin: https://en.numista.com/26796 Countermark is something like this one, not quite the same: https://en.numista.com/89614 Added: this mark might be closer to yours: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=13954043 Edited by tdziemia 02/02/2026 07:16 am Report this Post to the Staff
Ockycoin New Member United Kingdom 20 Posts	Posted 02/02/2026 08:57 am Many thanks to you both for your replies, and helpful links. I did notice the '1618', as well as what looks maybe like 1659 on the coin, which puzzled me - but it makes sense now that you say it's been Countermarked. Report this Post to the Staff
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