Obs. rare. Also 7 spetya. [? a. It. spezia specie.] Actual coin or money, = SPECIE 6.

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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.

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