Philip IV weight scale for Spain 4 Reales silver coin spanish counterweight

  
Philip IV weight scale for Spain 4 Reales silver coin spanish counterweight 1621 - 1665. This counterweight was used to control the weight of 4 real silver coins during the reign of Philip IV. Obverse Obverse legend :PHILIPVS IIII DG HISPAN REX Obverse description: Quartered field, 1st and 4th Castile, 2nd and 3rd Leon. Reverse Reverse legend: X D XVIII G. Reverse description: In two lines within the field beneath a crown. Reverse translation: 10 dineros (deniers) 8 granos, 4 reales. Calculation of weight with dine and grains. 0.053 grams (1/24 of 1 dinero). 10 dineros = 12.74 grs. 0.053 grams = 0.95 grams. Total = 12.74 + 0.95 = 13.69 grams. Philip IV of Spain, called "the Great" or "the Planet King" (Valladolid, April 8, 1605 - Madrid, September 17, 1665), was king of the Hispanic Monarchy from March 31, 1621, until his death, and of Portugal from the same date until December 1640, under the name of Philip III. His reign of 44 years and 170 days was the longest of the House of Austria and the third longest in Spanish history, surpassed only by Philip V and Alfonso XIII, although the first sixteen years of the latter's reign were spent under a regency. You don't even need to ask. All orders must be placed on the same day. Philip IV in Fraga by Velázquez, 1644, Frick Collection, New York.