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Triton XIV, Lot: 1621. Estimate $300.
Sold for $190. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

VIRREINATO DE NUEVA ESPAÑA, Mexico. Carlos III. King of Spain, 1759-1788. AR 8 Reales. Milled columnario type. Ciudad de México mint; Francisco Antonio de la Peña y Flores and Manuel de la Rivera, assayers. Dated 1770Mo FM. (rosette) CAROLVS · III · D · G · HISPAN · ET IND · REX, crowned abbreviated royal coat-of-arms; ·/F/M/(rosette) to left, (rosette)/8/(rosette) to right / (rosette) VTRAQUE VNUM ([He made them] both one) (rosette), crowned western and eastern hemispheres; to right and left, crowned composite column with encircling banner inscribed PLUS VLT(RA) (further beyond); all set on ground rising out of ocean waves; in exergue, mintmark and rosette on either side of 1770. Edge: wreath. Gilboy M-8-51; ME 11980; Calicó 912. In NGC holder graded XF Details, toned, some surface hairlines.


From the Patrick H.C. Tan Collection.