Triton XIV, Lot: 1626. Estimate $100. Sold for $130. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

VIRREINATO DE NUEVA ESPAÑA, Mexico. Carlos IV. King of Spain, 1788-1808. AR 8 Reales. Milled portrait type. Ciudad de México mint; Francisco Arance y Cobos and Mariano Rodríguez, assayers. Dated 1796Mo FM. · CAROLUS · IIII · DEI · GRATIA ·, laureate, draped, and armored bust right; 1796 in exergue / · HISPAN · ET IND · REX · (mintmark) · 8R · F · M ·, crowned abbreviated royal coat-of-arms; to left and right, column with encircling banner inscribed PLUS VLTRA (further beyond). ME 13886; Calicó 690. In NGC slab graded AU Details, lightly toned, some spot discoloration on the reverse.

From the Patrick H.C. Tan Collection.