Triton XIV, Lot: 1475. Estimate $50000. Sold for $50000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

VIRREINATO DEL PERÚ, Colombia. Fernando VI. King of Spain, 1746-1759. AR 8 Reales. Milled columnario type. Nuevo Reino (Santa Fé de Bogotá) mint; Juan de Chávez and Victoriano del Valle y Mendoza, assayers. Dated 1759NR JV. (rosette) FERDND · VI · D · G · HISPAN · ET IND · REX, crowned abbreviated royal coat-of-arms; (rosette)/JV/(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 1759. Edge: wreath. Gilboy SF-8-1; ME 10640; Calicó 378. In NGC slab graded AU 55, attractively toned. Extremely rare.

From the Patrick H.C. Tan Collection. Ex Millenia Collection (Part III, Goldberg 46B, 26 May 2008), lot 1018.