Triton XIV, Lot: 1477. Estimate $500. Sold for $900. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

VIRREINATO DEL PERÚ, Guatemala. Fernando VI. King of Spain, 1746-1759. AR 8 Reales. Milled columnario type. Ciudad de Guatemala mint; José de León y Losa, assayer. Dated 1756G J. (rosette) FERDI(NAN)D · VI · D · G · HISPAN · ET IND · REX, crowned abbreviated royal coat-of-arms; (rosette)/J/(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 1756. Edge: wreath. Gilboy G-8-3; ME 10610; Calicó 291. In NGC slab graded XF 45, toned.

From the Patrick H.C. Tan Collection.