Triton XIV, Lot: 1539. Estimate $750. Sold for $450. 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; Manuel de León and Francisco de la Peña y Flores, assayers. Dated 1740Mo MF, 40 over 36. (rosette) PHILIP · V · D · G · HISPAN · ET IND · REX, crowned abbreviated royal coat-of-arms; ·/M/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 1740/36. Edge: wreath. Gilboy M-8-12c; cf. ME 9419-20 (1740/30 and 39, respectively); cf. Calicó 788-9 (same). In NGC holder graded AU Details, excessive surface hairlines. Extremely rare.

From the Patrick H.C. Tan Collection.