Triton XIV, Lot: 1591. Estimate $500. Sold for $375. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

VIRREINATO DE NUEVA ESPAÑA, Mexico. Carlos III. King of Spain, 1759-1788. AR 8 Reales. Milled columnario type. Ciudad de México mint; Manuel de León and Manuel Assorín, assayers. Dated 1760Mo MM. (rosette) (CAROLVS · III/FERDND · VI) · D · G · HISPAN · ET IND · REX, crowned abbreviated royal coat-of-arms; ·/M/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 1760. Edge: wreath. Gilboy M-8-37a; ME 11884 var. (1759 Ferdinand VI die); Calicó 884 var. (not re-engraved). In NGC slab graded AU Details, harshly cleaned, struck from a re-engraved 1760 Fernando VI die. Very rare.

From the Patrick H.C. Tan Collection.