Triton XVI, Lot: 1351. Estimate $3000. Sold for $4750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CHILE, Colonial. Fernando VI. King of Spain, 1746-1759. AV Eight Escudos (36mm, 27.08 g, 12h). Santiago mint; Jose Larreñeta, assayer. Dated 1751 So J. Armored and draped bust right / Crowned coat-of-arms within Collar of the Order of the Golden Fleece. ME 10871. Choice EF, nice eye appeal.

Ex Martí Hervera (7 June 2010), lot 702; Tersoro del Río de la Plata.

The River Plate Treasure is believed to be the cargo of the Nuestra Señora de la Luz, a Spanish-Portuguese treasure ship that foundered in a storm off Montevideo on 2 July 1752. Although most of the precious cargo was salvaged soon after the wreck, some 2000 gold coins and ingots were recovered in 1992, and part were sold by order of the Uruguayan government.