Triton XIV, Lot: 1622. 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; Francisco Antonio de la Peña y Flores and Manuel de la Rivera, assayers. Dated 1771Mo FM. (rosette) CAROLVS · III · D · G · HISPAN · ET IND · REX, crowned abbreviated royal coat-of-arms; ·/F/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 1771. Edge: wreath. Gilboy M-8-52; ME 11990; Calicó 914. In NGC holder graded UNC Details, lustrous, chopmark on the reverse. Well struck.

From the Patrick H.C. Tan Collection.