335, Lot: 878. Estimate $300. Sold for $1200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MEXICO, Guerra de Independencia. Zacatecas. Royalists. AR 8 Reales (40mm, 26.76 g, 12h). 1810. Crowned coat-of-arms; to left and right, columns with inscribed banner / Mountain surmounted by cross; below, L.V.O. above semicircular pelleted chain with annulet at either end. SCM 189; KM –; Aureo & Calicó 238, lot 553. Good VF, toned, numerous scratches. Very rare.

Ex Archer M. Huntington Collection (HSA 1001.1.26387).