Triton XIV, Lot: 1471. Estimate $500. Sold for $380. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

VIRREINATO DEL PERÚ, Bolivia. Carlos III. King of Spain, 1759-1788. AR 8 Reales. Milled columnario type, ‘six dot’ variety. Potosí mint; José de Vargas y Flores or Juan Palomo Sierra and Raimundo de Iturriaga, assayers. Dated 1770P JR. (rosette) CAROLUS · III · D · G · HISPAN · ET IND · REX, crowned abbreviated royal coat-of-arms; (rosette)/J/R/(rosette) to left, (rosette)/8/(rosette) to right / (rosette) VTRA QUE 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 P-8-4; ME 11983; Calicó 972. In NGC holder graded AU Details, some surface hairlines.

From the Patrick H.C. Tan Collection.