VIRREINATO DE NUEVA ESPAÑA, Mexico

Triton XIV, Lot: 1518. Estimate $1500. Sold for $1600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

VIRREINATO DE NUEVA ESPAÑA, Mexico. Felipe V. King of Spain, second reign, 1724-1746. AR 8 Reales. Milled columnario type. Ciudad de México mint; Felipe Rivas de Angulo, assayer. Dated 1733Mo F. (rosette) PHILIP · V · D · G · HISPAN · ET IND · REX, crowned abbreviated royal coat-of-arms; (rosette)/F/(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 1733. Edge: wreath. Gilboy M-8-2; ME 9365; Calicó 775. In NGC holder graded XF Details, toned, tooled and some environmental damage. Very rare.

From the Patrick H.C. Tan Collection. Ex Baldwin’s 49 (25 September 2006), lot 1591.