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Triton XIV, Lot: 1479. Estimate $2000.
Sold for $2000. 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, ‘one dot’ variety, posthumous issue. Ciudad de Guatemala mint; Pedro Sánchez de Guzmán, assayer. Dated 1760G P. (rosette) FERDI(NAN)D · VI · D · G · HISPAN · ET IND · REX, crowned abbreviated royal coat-of-arms; (rosette)/P/(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 1760. Edge: wreath. Gilboy; G-8-8 ME 10642; Calicó 295. In NGC slab graded AU 55, lightly toned, minor flan crack.


From the Patrick H.C. Tan Collection. Ex Besalú Collection (Heritage 3000, 30 May 2008), lot 51932.