CNG 99, Lot: 1049. Estimate $4000. Sold for $4500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MEXICO, Colonial. Felipe V. King of Spain, second reign, 1724-1746. AV 8 Escudos (38mm, 27.12 g, 12h). Milled coinage. Ciudad de México (Mexico City) mint; Manuel de la Peña and Francisco de la Peña, assayers. Dated 1734 Mo MF. PHILIP · V · D · G · HISPAN · ET · IND · REX, armored bust right; * 1734 * below / INITIUM SAPIENTIÆ TIMOR DOMINI, crowned coat-of-arms; */M/F/* to left, */8/* (mark of value) to right; all within collar of the Order of the Golden Fleece; *Mo* *Mo* below. BW 33.1; Grove 957; ME 10035; Calicó 558; KM 148. EF, spots of toning, a couple of marks in field.