Triton XIV, Lot: 1511. Estimate $500. Sold for $502. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

VIRREINATO DEL PERÚ, Peru. Carlos III. King of Spain, 1759-1788. AR 8 Reales. Milled columnario type, ‘two dot’ variety. Lima mint; José Rodriguez Carasa and Manuel Iglésias Abarca, assayers. Dated 1770L JM. (rosette) CAROLUS · III · D · G · HISPAN · ET IND · REX, crowned abbreviated royal coat-of-arms; (rosette)/J/M/(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 1770. Edge: wreath. Gilboy L-8-23B; ME 11976 var. (one dot); Calicó 847. In NGC slab graded AU 50, toned.

From the Patrick H.C. Tan Collection.