247, Lot: 449. Estimate $200. Sold for $160. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MEXICO, Colonial. Carlos IV. King of Spain, 1788-1808. AR 8 Reales (38mm, 26.90 g, 12h). Mexico City mint; Francisco Arance Cobos and Mariano Rodríguez, assayers. Dated 1790. CAROLUS · IIII · DEI · GRATIA, laureate, draped, and armored bust of Carlos III right / · HISPAN · ET IND · REX Mo · 8R · F · M ·, crowned royal coat-of-arms between Pillars of Hercules with encircling banner inscribed PLVS VLTRA (further beyond). ME 13839; Calicó 683; KM 108. Choice EF, lustrous, a few light marks.

From the WBP Collection.