Live auction - fjt_576351 - SPAIN Poids monétaire pour la pièce de 8 Reales n.d.

SPAIN Poids monétaire pour la pièce de 8 Reales VF

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Estimate :	70 €
Price :	35 €
Maximum bid :	35 €
End of the sale :	26 January 2021 20:38:52
bidders :	1 bidder

Type : Poids monétaire pour la pièce de 8 Reales

Date: (XVIIe-XVIIIe siècles)

Date: n.d.

Metal : brass

Diameter : 25 mm

Orientation dies : 2 h.

Weight : 26,96 g.

Coments on the condition:

Patine sombre

Catalogue references :

Dieu.n° 161 p. 127 - Pom.II/957

Obverse

Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.

Obverse description : Champ écartelé, aux 1 et 4 de Castille, aux 2 et 3 de Léon, le tout dans un double octolobe irrégulier.

Reverse

Reverse legend : (LOSANGE) XXI DE VIII G / (LOSANGE) 8 (LOSANGE) R (LOSANGE).

Reverse description : en deux lignes dans le champ sous une couronne.

Reverse translation : (21 deniers 8 grains, 8 réaux).

Commentary

L’indication du revers, XXI D VIII G donne la masse théorique de ce poids monétaire, 21 deniers 8 grains soit 512 grains (27,194 grammes). Ces pièces de huit Reales furent frappées en Espagne et en Amérique du sud.
The indication on the reverse, XXI D VIII G, gives the theoretical mass of this monetary weight, 21 denarii 8 grains or 512 grains (27.194 grams). These eight Reales coins were minted in Spain and South America