CNG 99, Lot: 1048. Estimate $2000. Sold for $1600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MEXICO, Colonial. Felipe V. King of Spain, first reign, 1700-1724. AV 2 Escudos (22mm, 6.87 g, 6h). Cob coinage. Ciudad de México (Mexico City) mint; Jose E. de Leon, assayer. Dated 1714 Mo J. [· PHILIPPVS · V · DEI ·] G · 1714, crowned coat-of-arms; o/M/ J to left; II (mark of value) to right / [+ HISPANIAVRM · ET INDIARV]M · REX, Jerusalem cross within polylobe; lis in quarters. BW 17.3; Grove 843; ME 9672; KM 53.2. Near EF, date mostly visible.

Reportedly from the ‘Plate Fleet,’ sunk 1715.