Triton XIX, Lot: 724. Estimate $1500. Sold for $1900. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

COLONIAL AFRICA, Portuguese. Mozambique. temp. José I o Reformador (the Reformer). 1750-1777. AR 4 Reales (33.5mm, 11h). Struck after 1765. MR monogram countermarked on a Mexican 1740 Mo MF 4 Reales. For countermark: Cf. Gomes 22.02; Vaz –; KM –. For host: ME 10511. In NGC encapsulation graded VF 35. Extremely rare. Perhaps the only example known on this host coin.

Ex GOldberg 44 (10 February 2008), lot 4504.