Triton XIV, Lot: 1608. Estimate $400. Sold for $240. 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 Assorín and Francisco Antonio de la Peña y Flores, assayers. Dated 1766Mo MF. (rosette) CAROLVS · III · 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 1766. Edge: wreath. Gilboy M-8-46; ME 11944; Calicó 904. In NGC holder graded AU Details, darkly toned, some environmental damage.

From the Patrick H.C. Tan Collection.