247, Lot: 451. Estimate $150. Sold for $160. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MEXICO, Colonial. Carlos IV. King of Spain, 1788-1808. AR 8 Reales (40mm, 26.91 g, 12h). Mexico City mint; Tomás Butrón Miranda and Henrique Buenaventura Azorín, assayers. Dated 1805. Laureate, draped, and armored bust right / Crowned royal coat-of-arms between Pillars of Hercules with encircling banner inscribed PLVS VLTRA (further beyond). ME 13960; Calicó 703; KM 109. EF, lustrous, a few light marks.

From the WBP Collection.