271, Lot: 175. Estimate $5000. Sold for $9000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MEXICO, Colonial. Felipe V. King of Spain, first reign, 1700-1724. Cob AV 8 Escudos (30mm, 27.06 g). Ciudad de México (Mexico City) mint. Dated 1713-J. Crowned coat-of-arms / Coat-of-arms within polylobe. ME 9940; Calicó 106; Friedberg 6; KM 57.1. EF. Well struck for issue.

Property of Princeton Economics acquired by Martin Armstrong. Ex Ponterio 80 (29 March 1996), lot 760; Recovered from the ‘Plate Fleet,’ sunk 1715.