#I266# Spanish Countermarked 4 maravedis coin of Philip IV, 1655 AD

#I266# Spanish Countermarked 4 maravedis coin of Philip IV, 1655 ADWelcome to cc coins Up for auction is a Spanish Countermarked 4 maravedis coin of Philip IV, 1655 AD During the Spanish 80 year war, the empire suffered from an acute lack of copper due to increased demand for munitions (ie cannons). This crisis was compounded by background inflation (an ongoing concern given the influx of precious metals from the Americas since the 16th century) . In an attempt to address these issues, the government attempted to

Through a combination of good luck and an even-keeled

Diameter: Weight: ID#242f (UK) MINT: UNKNOWN

- Bust of Serapis right

REFERENCE: RIC 66

Reference: SB 375

Reference: Svoronos Unlisted

REFERENCE: SNG Copenhagen 911

-Laureate head of king right

Up for auction is an Anonymous Nabataean Bronze Prutah Coin from Petra

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ID# 303j (UK)

He already acted as an independent dynast in Thrace where four years earlier he destroyed Kardia in the Thracian Chersonesos so that he could replace it with his own capital named Lysimacheia