Triton XIV, Lot: 1481. Estimate $1000. Sold for $1100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

VIRREINATO DEL PERÚ, Guatemala. Carlos III. King of Spain, 1759-1788. AR 8 Reales. Milled columnario type. Ciudad de Guatemala mint; Pedro Sánchez de Guzmán, assayer. Dated 1768G P. (rosette) CAROLUS · III · 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 1768. Edge: wreath. Gilboy G-8-17b; ME 11954; Calicó 817. In NGC slab graded AU 50, lightly toned.

From the Patrick H.C. Tan Collection. Ex Besalú Collection (Heritage 3000, 30 May 2008), lot 51933; Whittier Collection.