A counterstamped coin of the Habsburgs in the Iberian Iron Age archi-tectural complex at Cerro de la Merced (Cabra, Córdoba)

  • Irene Seco Serra Agencia Española de Cooperación Internacional para el Desarrollo (España)
  • Antonio Moreno Rosa Museo de Cabra (España)
  • Eduardo Kavanagh de Prado Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (España)
  • Fernando Quesada Sanz Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (España)
Keywords: Iberian Iron Age culture, Habsburgs, coin, countermark, treasury.

Abstract

We analyze a counterstamped coin, last time under Philip IV of Spain c. 1659 AD, found in a big excavation trench thus dated to the mid 17th c. AD, in the Iberian Iron Age aristocratic complex at Cerro de la Merced (Cabra, Córdoba). This is a most unusual archaeological corroboration of 17th c. treasury-hunting digs, well documented in Inquisition procedures, and connected with the inner exile and later banishment from Spain of the moriscos.

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Seco Serra I., Moreno Rosa A., Kavanagh de Prado E. y Quesada Sanz F. (2018). A counterstamped coin of the Habsburgs in the Iberian Iron Age archi-tectural complex at Cerro de la Merced (Cabra, Córdoba). Documenta & Instrumenta - Documenta et Instrumenta, 16, 137-151. https://doi.org/10.5209/rev_DOCU.2018.v16.60232
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