Obs. rare. Also 7 spetya. [? a. It. spezia specie.] Actual coin or money, = SPECIE 6.
1620. in Foster, Eng. Factories Ind. (1906), I. 195. Theye bringe hether either redy spetya or exchanges. Ibid. (1622), (1908), II. 43. Mr. Younge with upwards of 5,000 rupp[ees] in ready spetia, besydes goods, departed for Lahore.